Walter Gresham Andrews

The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Walter Gresham Andrews, Captain, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action near Vendhuile, France, September 29 – 30, 1918. Although severely wounded in the arm on the morning of September 29, Captain Andrews gallantly led his company throughout the attack on the Hindenburg line. After the advance he made a personal reconnaissance under heavy shell and machine-gun fire and organized a section of a trench within 20 yards of the enemy line. This position was held against enemy grenade and machine-gun fire until his company was relieved on the afternoon of September 30.