William M. Shane
Home Town: Pittsburgh, PA
General Orders No. 50, W.D., 1919
The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to William M. Shane, Corporal, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action near Le Chene Tondu, France. October 1, 1918. Seeing the commanding officer of an adjacent unit fall from a wound, Corporal Shane left his place of safety and made his way through the continuous rain of machine-gun bullets to the side of the wounded officer. After a severe struggle he managed to drag him to a place of safety.
