Harold James Ash

The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Harold James Ash, Second Lieutenant, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action near Bois-de-Montrebeau, France, October 4, 1918. Driving his tank in the face of a 77- mm gun Lieutenant Ash, then sergeant, continued his mission, until his tank was destroyed. He remained with the tank until a machine-gun nest was destroyed, arid then accompanied the tank commander on foot through severe fire, killing two snipers with his pistol, while the commander was disabling machine and antitank guns, after which he returned to his lines.