Earl J. Cheevers

The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Earl J. Cheevers, Sergeant, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action near Bois-de-Forges, France, September 26, 1918. While engaged in maintaining a line of communication, Sergeant Cheevers saw four of the enemy enter a dugout during an attack. Armed with only a pistol, he followed and, upon reaching the dugout, he ordered the men to come out. When they refused, he entered, routed out and captured twelve prisoners.