Alfred Martinson

The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Alfred Martinson, Private First Class, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action in the Carspach Woods, near Badricourt, Alsace, France, July 19, 1918. During an enemy raid on the sector held by the 3d platoon of Company E, 127th Infantry, which was preceded by a terrific and accurate barrage of high-explosive shells and machine-gun fire, and although surrounded by a superior enemy force, Private Martinson refused to surrender, but instead jumped from his trench and with his automatic rifle repulsed the enemy.