Noah L. Gump

The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Noah L. Gump, Private, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action near Brieulles, France, November 5, 1918. When three of the boats supporting a pontoon bridge across the Meuse River were destroyed by artillery fire, Private Gump voluntarily waded into the stream under heavy artillery and machine-gun fire and held up the deck of the bridge until new boats were launched and placed in position.