Emory L. Anderson
Home Town: Nashville, GA
Distinguished Service Cross
World War I
U.S. Army
General Orders 87, W.D., 1919
The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Emory L. Anderson, Private, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action near Ploisy, France, July 19, 1918. Disregarding a painful wound in the shoulder, Private Anderson kept his automatic rifle in action and remained in the advance, until ordered to the rear.