William S. Brittain

The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to William S. Brittain, Second Lieutenant, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action near Juvigny, France, August 31, 1918. Lieutenant Brittain by his aggressive spirit and action when out beyond the main Infantry line pushed forward unsupported with his platoon and captured 2 German officers, 94 men, and 8 machine guns. From this point of action Lieutenant Brittain with his platoon proceeded in a direction from which firing could be heard and by his quick decision captured 2 enemy field guns, caliber 105, and 6 trench mortars, and immediately thereafter attacked and captured 30 prisoners and 3 additional heavy machine guns.