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Scarlet Fields: The Combat Memoir of a World War I Medal of Honor Hero Australian History those who cut the wireDescription by John Lewis Barkley Paperback A reconnaissance man and sniper, Barkley served in Company K of the 4th Infantry Regiment, a unit that participated in almost every major American battle. The York like episode that earned Barkley his Congressional Medal of Honor occurred on October 7, 1918, when he climbed into an abandoned French tank and singlehandedly held off an advancing German force, killing hundreds of enemy soldiers. But Barkley's