SAMUEL E. CASAGA. A veteran of World War I, he was awarded the Distinguished Service Cross for extraordinary heroism in action at St. Maurice, France on November 4, 1918. He was a member of a patrol which was stopped on the edge of a wood by enemy machine-gun fire. While his comrades returned the fire, he crawled to the flank of the enemy’s position disregarding the machine-gun fire, and single handed, captured a prisoner, whom he brought back to our lines. In addition to the DSC, he was awarded the Silver Star and the French Croix de guerre with Bronze star.

Mr. Casaga joined the L.O.V. in 1942.