Dwight Dickinson, Jr.

Lieutenant (MC): For gallantry in action while serving as a Medical Officer with the 5th Marines, 2d Division, A.E.F., on World War I at Blanc Mont, France.

The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Dwight Dickinson, Jr., Assistant Surgeon, U.S. Navy, for extraordinary heroism in action near St. Etienne, France, October 4, 1918. Under terrific shell and machine-gun fire, Assistant Surgeon Dickinson attended the wounded with utter disregard for his own safety. When a shell struck the dressing station which he had established in an advanced zone, he rushed to the assistance of the wounded, and, through his devotion to duty, many lives were saved.

The Navy Cross is awarded to Lieutenant (MC) Dwight Dickinson, Jr., U.S. Navy (Reserve Forces), for extraordinary heroism in action near St. Etienne, France, October 4, 1918. Under terrific shell and machine-gun fire, Lieutenant Dickinson attended the wounded with utter disregard for his own safety. When a shell struck the dressing station which he had established in an advanced zone he rushed to the assistance of the wounded and, through his devotion to duty, many lives were saved.