George W. Garner

The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to George W. Garner, Private, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action at Exermont, France, October 4, 1918. When a German 77-millimeter gun, supported by numerous machine guns, broke the tank attack and held up the infantry advance, Private Garner, with two scouts, made an encircling movement amid heavy fire and put the gun out of action, capturing the entire crew. They then cleaned out the enemy dugouts in the vicinity, and returned with forty prisoners, including an officer.