Ralph W. Harwood

The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Ralph W. Harwood, Second Lieutenant, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action near Verdun, France, October 23 – 29, 1918. Throughout the action from October 23 to 28 Lieutenant Harwood set a splendid example of courage and heroism to his company in action against overwhelming odds. On October 29, upon learning that four of his men were in shell holes in front of the line and near the enemy’s position and were so badly wounded that they could not return without assistance, he crawled forward and rescued the four men, one at a time, bringing them back to our lines through a constant and terrific machine-gun fire.