George De Battista
Home Town: San Francisco, CA
Distinguished Service Cross
Siberian Intervention
U.S. Army
General Orders No. 133, W.D., 1919
The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to George De Battista, Sergeant, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action near Kazanka, Siberia, July 13, 1919. Sergeant De Battista led a patrol of eight men through enemy country to Kazanka, about 10 miles distance from camp, and returned with an accurate report of enemy activities in the town. The circumstances governing at the time required extraordinary daring and skill on the part of Sergeant De Battista in order to carry out the instructions given him.