Bruce Warthen
Distinguished Service Cross
U.S. Army
World War I
General Orders No. 126, W.D., 1919
The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Bruce Warthen, Mechanician, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action near Nervins Ferme, France, July 15, 1918. During a severe gas shelling, Mechanician Warthen aided a wounded comrade in adjusting his mask before he had placed his own, resulting in his being seriously gassed.