Valeryan J. Brodnicki

The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Valeryan J. Brodnicki, Corporal, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action near Romanovka, Siberia, June 25, 1919. When his platoon was completely surrounded by the enemy, and although already twice wounded, Corporal Brodnicki volunteered to carry a message through the enemy’s lines to the nearest American troops at Novo-Nezhino, six miles away. He succeeded in getting through the enemy’s line and reached the nearest American forces and returned with reinforcements for his platoon.