Earl H. Feathers

The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Earl H. Feathers, Sergeant, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action near Bois-de-Cunel, France, October 12 – 15, 1918. Sergeant Feathers, with utter disregard of his personal safety, voluntarily made five trips into November 10, 1918. While an ammunition train was passing through a town, one of the trucks was struck by a shell and set on fire. The blazing truck was abandoned, and, knowing that it would soon explode and kill all those in the vicinity, Sergeant Feigle jumped on the truck and drove it to the outskirts of the town, thereby saving the lives of at least 35 people.