George L. Goodridge
Home Town: Melrose, MA
General Orders No. 23, W.D., 1919
The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to George L. Goodridge, Captain, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action near Verdun, France, November 8, 1918. Captain Goodridge, with about 30 men, secured a footing in an advanced enemy trench. The attacking battalion met with stubborn resistance and fell back to their starting point, but he tenaciously held his position until relieved on November 11. His coolness and courage made it possible to hold this position 800 meters in advance of our line under intense machine-gun and artillery fire.
