Arthur W. Bradbury
Home Town: Seattle, WA
General Orders No. 59, W.D., 1919
The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Arthur W. Bradbury, Captain, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action near Gesnes, France, September 29, 1918. Severely wounded while his battalion was attacking Gesnes, Captain Bradbury refused to be evacuated. Though unable to walk, he remained in active command of his battalion during a critical period of the engagement, until the objective had been gained, his own battalion and the one on his left reorganized, the occupied position consolidated, and food and water procured for his men.
