Julius Aaronson

The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Julius Aaronson, Private, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action near Apremont, France, October 7, 1918. When his company was suddenly fired upon by enemy machine guns during an advance and forced to seek shelter Private Aaronson remained in the open under a continuous shower of machine-gun bullets, caring for eight wounded men, dressing their wounds and securing their evacuation.

The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Julius Aaronson, Private, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action near Apremont, France, on October 7, 1918, Private Aaronson is awarded one bar to be worn with the Distinguished Service Cross. Having become separated from his company and wounded by a bullet which pierced his helmet, Private Aaronson advanced alone on a machine-gun nest across an open field in broad daylight, killed the gunner and captured two of the crew, whom he pressed into the service of carrying wounded.