Waldo S. Bassett
Home Town: Franklin, MA
General Orders No. No. 117, W.D., 1918
The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Waldo S. Bassett, Corporal, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action south of Soissons, France, July 18, 1918. Corporal Bassett volunteered to carry messages through intense shell and machine-gun fire after all of the runners had been killed or wounded. He was wounded while carrying a message, but continued on in spite of his injuries until it was delivered, and refused to go to the rear for treatment until ordered to do so by his company commander.
