Henry Jetton Tudury MISSISSIPPI'S MOST DECORATED WAR HERO OF WORLD WAR I
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	Henry Tudury receiving the Distinguished Service Cross from General John J. Pershing
Henry Jetton Tudury was Mississippi's most decorated war hero during World War I. Winner of the Distinguished Service Cross and the Croix de Guerre for "extraordinary heroism in action" in France. Wounded and gassed he refused to leave his post until overcome by exhaustion when he was carried from the field. He was a member of the twelfth machine gun battalion of the fourth division. General Pershing personally pinned the service cross on the breast of the young Mississippian. This is his story.
DISTINGUISHED SERVICE CROSS		PURPLE HEART		CROIX DE GUERRE
REFERENCES
Henry Jetton Tudury War Diary			Henry Jetton Tudury
"Henry Tudury Was a Fighting Man's Fighter."			The Sun/Daily Herald, Gulfport, Mississippi , November 29, 1981
"Although Gassed, Delivers Message"			Bay St Louis Newspaper, Bay St. Louis, Mississippi , circa 1918
PHOTOS / DOCUMENTS / LINKS
Mississippi Armed Forces Museum, Grand Opening Photo Album
General Pershing Decorating Henry Tudury			Henry Jetton Tudury Portrait
"Ukulele Jazz Band"			Gen. "Blackjack" Pershing (Litho)
Distinguished Service Cross Citation			Croix de Guerre Citation
Discharge Certificate			Marriage License: Henry Tudury & Zelma Bermond
Certificate of Graduation in His Employment Objective Issued to a Veteran of the World War by the United States Veterans Bureau			Hotchkiss Gun
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