Beatrice Mary Macdonald
Distinguished Service Cross
U.S. Army
World War I
General Orders No. No. 17, W.D., 1926
The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Beatrice Mary MacDonald, Reserve Nurse, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism while on duty with the surgical team at the British Casualty Clearing Station No. 61, British Area, August 17, 1917. During a German night air raid Nurse MacDonald continued at her post of duty, caring for the sick and wounded until seriously wounded by a German bomb, thereby losing one eye.
