John Messina
Distinguished Service Cross
U.S. Army
World War I
General Orders No. No. 3, W.D., 1921
The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to John Messina, Corporal, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action at the attack on Hill 223, Chatel-Chehery, Argonne Forest, France, October 7, 1918. Corporal Messina, under heavy shell and machine-gun fire at the risk of his life carried a wounded officer from a shell hole to the regimental first-aid station.
