Henry M. Norton
Distinguished Service Cross
U.S. Army
World War I
General Orders No. 23, W.D., 1919
The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Henry M. Norton, Private, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action near Ronssoy, France, September 29, 1918. Private Norton, on his own initiative, went forward twice in advance of the front line, bringing in wounded under heavy shell and machine-gun fire.