My cousin and I drove down to South Carolina for a graduation, so took the chance to make a pitstop in Washington DC to do some sightseeing.
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| View of the Washington Monument from the Thomas Jefferson Monument. |
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| Steps of the Thomas Jefferson Monument. |
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| Hiroshima Monument. |
One of the location we made sure we visited was the Arlington National Cemetery. As we were walking around one grave stone really stood out to us, it was the one of Sergeant Alan L Eggers. We took the time to looking him and want found out was astonishing.
"Alan L Eggers (November 2, 1895 – October 3, 1968) was a sergeant in the United States Army during World War I. He received the Medal of Honor for his heroic actions in combat near Le Catelet, France, on September 29, 1918, together with John C. Latham and Thomas E. O'Shea."
"Becoming separated from their platoon by a smoke barrage, Sgt. Eggers, Sgt. John C. Latham and Cpl. Thomas E. O'Shea took cover in a shell hole well within the enemy's lines. Upon hearing a call for help from an American tank, which had become disabled 30 yards from them, the 3 soldiers left their shelter and started toward the tank, under heavy fire from German machine-guns and trench mortars. In crossing the fire-swept area Cpl. O'Shea was mortally wounded, but his companions, undeterred, proceeded to the tank, rescued a wounded officer, and assisted 2 wounded soldiers to cover in a sap of a nearby trench. Sgt. Eggers and Sgt. Latham then returned to the tank in the face of the violent fire, dismounted a Hotchkiss gun, and took it back to where the wounded men were, keeping off the enemy all day by effective use of the gun and later bringing it, with the wounded men, back to our lines under cover of darkness." - Wikipedia.
Some shots I captured of my cousin at her graduation from the University of South Carolina.
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