Harry Liebeskind

The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Harry Liebeskind, Private First Class, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action in the Bois-de-Caures, north of Verdun, France, November 8, 1918. Private Liebeskind exposed himself to heavy enemy fire to accompany a medical officer to a badly wounded soldier. The patient was carried to a shell hole and later Private Liebeskind exposed himself to heavy fire in order to cut a passage through a wire entanglement. This act made it possible to evacuate the patient to the rear.

The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Harry Liebeskind, Private First Class, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action near Trugny, France, July 20, 1918. Private Liebeskind repeatedly exposed himself to heavy machine-gun and shell fire while aiding the wounded in areas from which combatant troops had temporarily retired, organized carrying parties, and rallied a platoon of infantry whose officers had been wounded, thereby enabling the platoon to hold its advance position.