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World War I
Donald M. Call
Corporal · U.S. Army
U.S. Army, 344th Battalion, Tank Corps
26 September 1918 · Varennes, France
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Era
- World War I
- Home state
- New York
- Action
- Varennes, France
The citation
Official citation
During an operation against enemy machinegun nests west of Varennes, Corporal. Call was in a tank with an officer when half of the turret was knocked off by a direct artillery hit. Choked by gas from the high-explosive shell, he left the tank and took cover in a shellhole 30 yards away. Seeing that the officer did not follow, and thinking that he might be alive, Corporal. Call returned to the tank under intense machinegun and shell fire and carried the officer over a mile under machinegun and sniper fire to safety.