George G. Hollis
Home Town: Ajo, AZ
General Orders No. 37, W.D., 1919
The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to George G. Hollis, Corporal, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action near Lucy, France, November 4, 1918. While acting as scout of a patrol group, Corporal Hollis encountered an enemy machine-gun nest and opened fire on it. He killed the gunner and captured the nest, thereby protecting the balance of his patrol from casualties. He turned the captured guns on the enemy.
