Dudley W. Woodward

The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Dudley W. Woodward, Captain, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action near Soissons, France, July 18, 1918. Advancing with his company in the face of withering machine-gun fire, Captain Woodward attacked a nest of ten machine-guns and a battery of field guns, which were holding up the attack. In spite of the additional hazard of heavy enfilading fire from enemy artillery on the left, he succeeded with his mission. On another occasion he broke up an enemy counterattack formation by placing an automatic rifle team in an exposed position and disorganized the enemy with a harassing fire.