Harry R. Howe

The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Harry R. Howe, First Lieutenant, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action in the Bois-de-la Croisette, France, July 14, 1918. After being badly burned on the left hand by the explosion of a mustard-gas shell, First Lieutenant Howe declined an opportunity to be relieved and worked for more than an hour under heavy gas and high-explosive shell bombardment, getting his men out of the area of concentrated gas. Unable to use his left hand, he remained on duty during the July offensive.