James F. Weems

The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to James F. Weems, Private, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action near Molain, France, October 17, 1918. Having volunteered to carry a message to an automatic rifle post 100 yards in advance of the line across a field swept by machine-gun fire, Private Weems continued on his mission, even after being seriously wounded, and delivered the message, thereby facilitating the destruction of machine-gun nests which were hindering the advance. After returning with the answer, he insisted upon walking to the dressing station.