George R. Hutson
Home Town: Knoxville, TN
General Orders No. 44, W.D., 1919
The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to George R. Hutson, Private, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action near Le Channel, France, July 28, 1918. After he, himself, his commanding officer, and 32 comrades had been wounded by a bomb from an enemy plane, Private Hutson remained at his post, assisted in laying his piece, and directing fire on the enemy.
