Otho K. Morrison

The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Otho K. Morrison, First Lieutenant, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action near Cunel, France, October 15, 1918; and at Juvigny, France, November 10, 1918. Lieutenant Morrison displayed exceptional courage and leadership when, being cut off by the enemy with his battalion command and a small detachment from battalion headquarters, he led patrols and drove off enemy machine-gunners who had infiltrated to within striking distance of the group. On November 10, he led his company against the fortified heights of Juvigny, driving back the enemy for more than a kilometer.