Warde B. Smith

The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Warde B. Smith, First Lieutenant (Medical Corps), U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action near Cierges, France, July 21 to August 7, 1918. Maintaining dressing stations close to the advanced lines, under heavy enemy machine- gun and artillery fire, Lieutenant Smith continued day and night to render first aid and to evacuate the wounded. On August 2 his aid station, due to withdrawals of the Infantry to take a more advantageous position, was left in advance of the front line. With a score of severely wounded men to evacuate, Lieutenant Smith remained at the advanced position for six hours under intense enemy fire until all patients had been given every possible care and carried to a place of safety. His coolness, courage, and devotion to duty save the lives of many men.