Ralph L. Bishop

The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Ralph L. Bishop, Second Lieutenant, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in command of a working party of about 30 men near Chemin-des-Dames on the night of February 28, 1918. Second Lieutenant Bishop encountered a heavy barrage of the enemy, which protected the advance of enemy assault troops. With coolness and courage he immediately placed his men in shell holes, fought off the enemy, and twice walked through the enemy’s and our own barrage to recover the remains of one of his party and to collect his own men.