Earl H. Sanderson
Home Town: Worcester, MA
General Orders No. No. 126, W.D., 1918
The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Earl H. Sanderson, Corporal, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action at Chavignon, Chemin-des-Dames, France, on the night of February 28, 1918. Corporal Sanderson was a member of a working party well out in front of the advance post. The party encountered a violent barrage of the enemy, which protected enemy assault troops. He helped to fight off the German troops and walked back and forth under the enemy’s and our barrage to collect his men. When he heard his lieutenant was in trouble he walked again to his rescue where the barrage had at first overtaken him.
