Joe Kaperzynski

The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Joe Kaperzynski, Private, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action near Moulins, France, July 15, 1918. During the German offensive July 15, 1918, Private Kaperzynski directed the firing of his machine gun while exposed to heavy enemy artillery and machine-gun fire, inflicting heavy losses on the enemy. During the attack near Madeline Farm, he, with a companion, crawled in front of our lines and rescued a wounded American soldier.