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Awards Received

  • Silver Star

    Service:

    United States Army

    Rank:

    Sergeant

    Regiment:

    6th Infantry Brigade

    Division:

    3d Division, American Expeditionary Forces

    Action Date:

    September 30 – October 27, 1918

    Headquarters, 3d Division, A.E.F., Citation Orders No. 22 (July 8, 1919)

    By direction of the President, under the provisions of the act of Congress approved July 9, 1918 (Bul. No. 43, W.D., 1918), Sergeant A. W. Nisski, United States Army, is cited by the Commanding General, 3d Division, American Expeditionary Forces, for extraordinary ability and heroism in the Meuse-Argonne Offensive, 30 September to 27 October 1918, and a silver star may be placed upon the ribbon of the World War I Victory Medals awarded him. Sergeant Nisski repeatedly carried messages day and night under severe shelling and machine gun fire and in particular, distinguished himself by his constant willingness to perform any duty called upon.