WWI Hometown Paper Lauds Hero

This is a May, 1918 clipping from the Bloomington, Indiana newspaper, recounting the events that led to Rex Forsyth receiving the Croix de Guerre. The paper quotes the citation, also visable in Rex's diary, pictured below in another entry. Note that when Rex quotes the citation, that the name of the French Colonel, and the number of the Regiment as well are both left blank by the newspaper. This is an example of wartime censorship in the name of security.

Also of note is the newspaper's use of the term "Hun". "Hun", like the term "Bosche", was used by the Allies to refer to the German soldiers.