Ashad G. Hawie
Home Town: Mobile, AL
Distinguished Service Cross
World War I
U.S. Army
General Orders No. No. 131, W.D., 1918
The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Ashad G. Hawie, Private First Class, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action near Landres-et-St. Georges, France, October 16, 1918. Private Hawie, as company runner, without hesitation or fear of fire from heavy artillery and machine-guns, made repeated trips with messages between company and battalion headquarters. On one trip he was attacked by two Germans, one of whom he killed. Taking the other prisoner, he continued on his mission and turned his prisoner over to the battalion commander after delivering his message.