Oscar Ascher

The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Oscar Ascher, Corporal, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action in the Argonne Forest, France, October 6, 1918. Engaged as messenger, Corporal Ascher made repeated trips to the most advanced positions, each time under severest of machine-gun fire. On one occasion he volunteered and carried a message to a platoon sergeant, when the latter was actually engaged in charging the enemy. Corporal Ascher accomplished this hazardous mission by verbally delivering the instructions contained in the message, thereby materially aiding in the success of the attack.