FIRST LIEUTENANT ALBERT EDGAR ANGIER
Albert Angier's Picture given by Mrs. George Angier April, 1944
CITATION FOR DISTINGUISHED SERVICE CROSS:
"1st Lieut. Albert
E. Angier (deceased) 308th Infantry— on September 14th, 1918, in the attack
near Revillon when his Battalion advanced, this Officer, in command of a platoon
of Company M, 308th Infantry, continued to lead his men though wounded. By his
own personal courage and example, he urged them forward through enemy wire to
their objective. Even when mortally wounded, he continued to direct the consolidation
of his platoon's position, refusing medical attention in favor of others who
had a better chance to live than himself."
(Quoted from "On the Field of Honor," ed. Paul B. Elliott, Boston,
1920.)
[The Angier family was very active in the Waban community before the War, and of course it seemed appropriate to name the new elementary school after their son, Albert. — J.M.]
