Vernon Baker finally received a Medal of Honor for his heroism during ... action since its bloody baptism of fire in the 1918 Meuse-Argonne campaign during World War I. On June 15, 1944, Baker's ...

Awarded the Congressional Medal Of Honor for "exceptional heroism" he is buried in the Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery in France, where he was shot down during the One Hundred Days Offensive.

It was the Gold Medal of Honor of New York’s Architectural ... Engineer Corps in the St. Mihiel and Meuse-Argonne offensives, was wounded near Nancy. John Augur Holabird, later to become his ...