James H. S. Morison

The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to James H. S. Morison, First Lieutenant (Medical Corps), U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action near Bellicourt, France, September 29, 1918. After being knocked unconscious into a shell hole, and although suffering acutely from the shock, Lieutenant Morison rejoined his company and continued to care for the wounded in the open and under intense shell fire. His respirator having been blown away by the exploding shell, this mission was rendered much more precarious by enemy gas shells. He remained at his first-aid station through an intense barrage which killed several of the stretcher bearers and helpers at this point, evacuating the wounded with great rapidity until he was severely wounded and forced to be evacuated.