Russell V. Somes
Home Town: Sault Ste. Marie, MI
General Orders No. No. 124, W.D., 1918
The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Russell V. Somes, Sergeant, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action near Cierges, France, July 31, 1918. Sergeant Somes advanced in front of his lines on the right of Hill No. 212, under heavy machine-gun fire, and rescued three wounded soldiers. Later he went out into an advanced machine-gun position where three men had already been killed and rescued the only survivor, who had been blinded by shell fire and could not help himself.
