Vaino Ruusulehto

The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Vaino Ruusulehto, Corporal, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action at Madeleine Farm, France, October 9, 1918. Accompanied by a comrade, Corporal Ruusulehto volunteered to attack an enemy machine-gun position, the fire from which was enfilading the position held by his platoon. During the attack his comrade was killed, but Corporal Ruusulehto, by a flank movement, reached the position, killed two members of the crew, and forced two others to surrender.