This is Jockel Podcast number 390 with Echo Charles and me Jockel Willink. Good evening,

Echo. Good evening. Also joining us tonight, JP DeNel. Good evening, JP. Good evening.

The President of the United States of America authorized by active Congress July 9, 1918,

takes pleasure in presenting the distinguished service cross to Colonel William Joseph Wild Bill Donovan,

United States Army, for extraordinary heroism in action while serving with 165th Infantry Regiment,

42nd Division in France, July 28th through the 21st, 1918. Colonel Donovan led his battalion

across the river Ork and captured important enemy strongholds. He was in advance of the division

for four days, all the while under shell a machine gun fire from the enemy who were on three

sides of him. And he was repeatedly and persistently counter-attacked, being wounded twice.

Colonel Donovan's coolness and efficient leadership rendered possible the maintenance of this position.

The President of the United States of America in the name of Congress takes pleasure in presenting

the Medal of Honor to Lieutenant Colonel William Joseph Wild Bill Donovan, United States Army,

for extraordinary heroism on 14 and 15 October 1918 while serving as commanding officer

165th Infantry 42nd Division, American Expeditionary Forces in action at Laundra's a St. George

France. Lieutenant Colonel Donovan personally led the assaulting wave and an attack upon a very

strongly organized position. And when our troops were suffering heavy casualties, he encouraged

all near him by his example, moving among his men in exposed positions, reorganizing decimated

platoons and accompanying them forward in attacks. When he was wounded in the leg by machine gun bullets,

he refused to be evacuated and continued with his unit until it withdrew to a less exposed position.

So there you go. The nation's two highest awards for one man. And by the way, I've written a lot of

awards in my time and you don't get to just throw someone's nickname in there. You don't get to say

Joseph William Joseph Wild Bill Donovan. That's in both those official copies.

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