Frank E. Andrea (Aka: Frank E. Anderson)

The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Frank E. Andrea, Sergeant, U.S. Army, for heroic service rendered under the name Crezancy, France, July 16, 1918. Sergeant Andrea was told by a runner that an enemy patrol had captured two ambulances containing American wounded on the road east of his position. He organized a relief party, personally commanded it, drove the enemy to rout, recovered the ambulance and the wounded men, and brought them back to our lines.