Joseph Vacarisas

The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Joseph Vacarisas, Brigadier, French Army, for extraordinary heroism in action near Mortzwiller, Alsace, September 1, 1918. During an unusually heavy enemy bombardment of the railroad station, Brigadier Vacarisas entered the area and assisted the train crew in removing to safety nine carloads of ammunition. The mission was accomplished despite the fact that the firing had damaged the track and had scattered branches of trees over the route.