On
September 17, 1944. Pvt Hughes went into the enemy lines during
a counter attack and captured several Germans, including a captain.
From these prisoners, the S-2 section obtained information that enabled
the regiment to move their reserves so as to repulse the German attack.
A few minutes after his return with the prisoners he was killed by German
machine gun fire. For this act of extraordinary heroism he was posthumously
awarded the Distinguished
Service Cross.[The Charlotte Observer,
Charlotte, NC, 20 Jan 1949, Thu, Page 28]
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