Childs was born in Lynchburg , Virginia . He attended the Virginia Military Institute from 1909 to 1911 and graduated from Randolph-Macon College in 1912 . Childs obtained a master 's degree from Harvard University in 1915 . Later , Childs joined the United States Army and worked with British and French forces as a radio intelligence liaison in World War I . He received the Medal of Freedom for his service . After the war , Childs worked with the American Relief Administration in the Soviet Union
Medal of Freedom
Medal of Freedom (1945)
J. Rives Childs