Gertrude Ederle sponsored by a newspaper, the "Baltimore Post", which tried to create a rivalry between her and Ederle in the weeks spent training off the French coast. In addition to Cannon, several other swimmers, including two other American women – Clarabelle Barrett and Amelia Gade Corson – were training in England with the goal of becoming the first woman to swim the Channel. Barrett and Cannon were unsuccessful but three weeks after Ederle's feat, Corson crossed in a time that was 50 minutes slower than Ederle. For her second attempt at the Channel, Ederle had an entourage aboard the tug (the
Carlo Ederle River, accompanied by a lieutenant. While observing the enemy, he was shot in the head by an enemy machine gunner. At 2:30 p.m., Carlo Ederle was dead at the age of 25. Ederle was nominated for lieutenant colonel and knight of the Military Order of Savoy, and received high official praise. He was awarded the Silver Medal of Military Valor three times and the Croix de guerre with palms by France. He was posthumously awarded the Gold Medal of Military Valour by the King. Caserma Ederle, or the U.S. Army Garrison Vicenza, is a U.S. Army post in Vicenza, Italy,