James F. Nash

The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to James F. Nash, Private, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action near Ville Savoye, France, August 22, 1918. While his company was attacked by greatly superior numbers of the enemy, Private Nash continued to operate his automatic rifle, even after having been wounded three times in the chest. After the attacking force had been driven off, he refused the use of a litter in favor of a comrade whom he thought more seriously sounded than himself.