EASTERN HIGH SCHOOL ALUMNI MEMORIAL FLAGSTAFF PANEL G
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Listing Details
Location: 1700 EAST CAPITOL STREET NORTHEAST
City: WASHINGTON
State: District of Columbia
Zip Code: 20002
Type of Memorial: War Memorial Honor Plaques, Panels. Stones (Individuals)
Access: Public
Wars Commemorated: WORLD WAR I
Photograph By: ALLEN C. BROWNE
Submitted By: COURTESY OF HMdb.org
THE EAGLE AND CROSS SYMBOL ABOVE HIS NAME IS THE DISTINGUISHED SERVICE CROSS.
“THE DISTINGUISHED SERVICE CROSS IS PRESENTED TO THOMAS H. FARNSWORTH, FIRST LIEUTENANT (AIR SERVICE), U.S. ARMY FOR EXTRAORDINARY HEROISM IN ACTION NEAR THIAUCOURT, FRANCE SEPTEMBER 13, 1918. AFTER BEING BADLY WOUNDED LIEUTENANT FARNSWORTH SHOT DOWN AN ENEMY PLANE AND MADE A PERFECT LANDING. HIS FIRST THOUGHTS UPON LANDING WERE FOR HIS OBSERVER, WHO HAD BEEN THROWN FROM HIS PLANE DURING THE ACTION. LIEUTENANT FARNSWORTH DIED SHORTLY AFTER BEING TAKEN TO THE AIR STATION.”
IT SHOULD BE NOTED THAT DURING WORLD WAR I THERE WERE ONLY TWO MEDALS FOR HEROISM, THE MEDAL OF HONOR AND THE DISTINGUISHED SERVICE CROSS.
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