Joseph M. Simpson

The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Joseph M. Simpson, Captain, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action near Foret Vencheres, France, September 14, 1918. Captain Simpson took command of a platoon that had become separated from its command, reorganized it, and showed marked personal courage in leading it forward under heavy fire. He called for volunteers and then led them in an attack upon a machine-gun nest that had been holding up our advance. With two men, he charged the nest, captured the gun, and killed the crew.