SPANISH WAR VET.
GETS WAR CROSS
FOR BRINGING DOWN
TWO HUN PLANES

Mrs. Marinus DeBree, of Hackensack Avenue, has received word that her husband who served with Battery A, 57 th Artillery, in France, has two German airplanes to his credit and has received a service cross. He is a Spanish War veteran, having served in the battle of San Juan Hill in 1898 and served in China and the Philippines

The Bergen Evening Record article date:
November 20, 1918

Above Photo obtained from: http://www.militaryphotos.net

This is a photo of World War I artillery gunners, the same type that Marinus DeBree would have used when he shot two German
planes down during World War I earning him the Service Cross Medal.