George U. Harvey

The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to George U. Harvey, Captain, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action on the Vesle river, France, August 23, 1918. Although under severe machine-gun fire from the enemy Captain Harvey, with utter disregard for his own personal safety, led a patrol of seven men against an enemy machine-gun nest that was inflicting heavy losses on his company. His seven men being wounded, Captain Harvey was the first to reach the nest where three of the enemy were killed, one taken prisoner, and two machine guns captured.