George S. Butcher

The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to George S. Butcher, Captain, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action near Verdun, France, October 27, 1918. Hearing a call for help from a neighboring platoon of another company, whose men were all casualties, Captain Butcher quickly made his way there, manned the guns, and kept up a steady fire until he was himself killed by a shell. His action was purely voluntary; but, realizing the necessity of opening fire immediately, he disregarded his own safety in order to protect others, displaying the most heroic self- sacrifice.