Emmet C. Michaels

The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Emmet C. Michaels, First Lieutenant, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action near Somme- Py, France, October 3, 1918. After five members of an automatic rifle squad had been killed by sniper fire, and the others were unable to take a machine-gun nest, which was holding up the advance of the company, Lieutenant Michaels led the remaining members of the squad against the nest, capturing 15 of the gunners and lulling the others. Later, Lieutenant Michaels was severely wounded while carrying a wounded member of his platoon to safety, but refused medical attention until the soldier had been cared for.