George O. Bishop
Home Town: Salem, VA
General Orders No. 46, W.D., 1919
The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to George O. Bishop, Private, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action near Mezy, France, July 15, 1918. Against the advice of his companions, Private Bishop advanced through intense artillery and machine-gun fire against an enemy machine gun, which was maintaining a damaging fire on his company. Single handed, he killed the crew of this gun, returning to our lines with the captured gun.
