Evening Republican, Volume 22, Number 64, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 17 March 1919 — WHEATFIELD BOY WINNER OF THE D. S. C. [ARTICLE]

WHEATFIELD BOY WINNER OF THE D. S. C.

The najne of Private John B. Mitchell, Company G. Sixtieth infantry, appears a/nong others as a winner of the distinguished.JSenaca=£resfc Private Mitchell was awarded the honor for extraordinary heroism near St. Mehiel, France, September 18, 1918. Although severely wounded while carrying a message from his battalion headquarters through an extremely heavy machine gun and artillery fire, .Private Mitchell persevered and successfully delivered the message. The boy thus honored is from Wheatfield, Ind„ the town that boasted of more volunteers than any other town of its. size in the state.