Maurice Shoman

The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Maurice Shoman, Private, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action near Verdun, France, October 27, 1918. After killing many of the enemy, Private Shoman was left alone in a shell hole with no more ammunition. Finding himself surrounded by a sudden counterattack of the enemy, he grabbed a light machine-gun and held off the enemy until he was rescued by his comrades. The fire from his gun was decidedly instrumental in overcoming the counterattack.