Taliesin Waters

The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Taliesin Waters, Second Lieutenant, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action near Baslieux, France, September 6, 1918. Lieutenant Waters voluntarily went to the assistance of a large number of wounded soldiers, who were in an exposed position awaiting aid, and continued for several hours to dress their wounds throughout a severe bombardment of gas and high-explosive shells, while hostile airplanes flew low and swept with machine-gun fire the line of litters bearing the wounded. After administering aid to 36 wounded men, Lieutenant Waters helped carry them to a place of safety.