Georges Wichart

The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Georges Wichart, Second Lieutenant of Infantry, French Army, for extraordinary heroism in action near Monthois, France, September 27 to October 7, 1918. During the attack on Monthois Second Lieutenant Wichart voluntarily undertook the most hazardous missions, fearlessly traversing ground swept by machine-gun fire and severe bombardment to secure liaison between neighboring French units and to reconnoiter our first line positions. His reports were invaluable. On the night of October 2 he led a battalion to its position of attack and personally reconnoitered the line under intense machine-gun and artillery fire, furnishing a splendid example of coolness and utter disregard of danger to the men of the battalion.