Fritz Hedlund

The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Fritz Hedlund, Private First Class, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action in Trugny Woods, France, July 23, 1918. Private Hedlund, a runner, maintained liaison between his company commander and an isolated combat group. Passing through two German attacking waves under intense fire, Private First Class Hedlund reached the combat group. On the return trip several Germans attempted to take him prisoner. He shot one of them, bayoneted another, and escaped from the others. He made three more trips to the combat group and kept up constant liaison.