Understanding Silver Star citations...

[Chris Boonzaier]

I am a bit confused... in the back of the WW1 2nd div history the citations of the men of the division are listed.

A standard listing would be

Cassidy, lawrence (Pvt., H) - SSC, Chateau Thierry

I assume this would be an overachiever.... one at Chateau Thierry, one in the Meuse Argonne campaign

Gickas, Nicholas (Pvt., Hq.) - SSC, Blanc Mont; SSC, Meuse-Argonne

And my guy actually got 2 citations for Chateau Thierry?

Folsom, William J (Corp., B) - 2 SSC, Chateau Thierry

Unfortunately I only recieved one, would the 2nd one also be on file or could it be an error?

Thanks

Chris

[Chris Boonzaier]

this was the group...

http://gmic.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=40357

[Chris Liontas]

Hi Chris

It looks like your guys got two listing for the Silver Star Citation. That is a very impressive find. It was not unusually for individuals to get several SSC for bravery. A friend of mine has a Navy Corpsman group who won three SCC and the Navy Cross. Two SSCs were for Belleau Wood also It is