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DAVIS,
HARRY J.
Corporal, U.S. Army
Company D, 60th Infantry Regiment, 5th Division, A.E.F.
Date of Action: October 14, 1918
Citation:
The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Harry J. Davis,
Corporal, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action at Cunel,
France, October 14, 1918. While the advance of his platoon was being
held up by deadly enfilading fire of the enemy, Corporal Davis
voluntarily rushed over open ground, through direct machine-gun fire,
for a distance of over 100 meters, and, with the aid of his bayonet
attacked the nest. He killed both of the gunners, thereby silencing the
fire but during the combat he himself was severely wounded. It was due
to his prompt and fearless action that further advance of his platoon
was made possible.
General Orders No. 44, W.D., 1919
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