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AM-Deaths,0475
Thomas Pope
    MAYWOOD, Ill. (AP) - Thomas A. Pope, the last surviving Army man to
win the Medal of Honor in World War I, died Wednesday of congestive
heart failure Wednesday at age 94.
    Pope was decorated by several countries for rushing a machine-gun
nest 71 years ago in war-torn France. He also received the British
Distinguished Conduct Medal, the Medaille Militaire and Croix de
Guerre from France and the Italian War Cross.
    
a202  1047  13 Jun 89
AM-Obit-Rutherford,0173
Last Victoria Cross Holder of World War I is Dead
    LONDON (AP) - Charles Rutherford, a Canadian who was the last
surviving holder of the Victoria Cross in World War I, has died in
Ottawa at age 97.
    The obituary, published in London's Daily Telegraph, said Rutherford
won the medal Aug. 26, 1918, when the Canadian platoon he was
commanding captured a French village giving observers a view of the
defenses of the German Hindenberg Line.
    Only 18 days earlier, Rutherford had won the coveted Military Cross
for bravery by capturing another village on Aug. 8, when the Allied
offensive that would end the war began that day in front of Amiens.
    Rutherford rejoined the army In World War II and took part in
protecting the Duke of Windsor in the Bahamas and guarding
prisoner-of-war camps in Canada. Before retirement he was postmaster
at Colborne, Ontario.
    The obituary did not say when Rutherford died.
    The Victoria Cross, the highest British honor for battlefield
courage, was awarded to 633 people during World War I.