Eugene A. Legge
Home Town: Waterbury, CT
Distinguished Service Cross
World War I
U.S. Army
General Orders No. No. 1, W.D., 1934
The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Eugene A. Legge, Private, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action during the second battle of the Marne, France, July 16, 1918. After several runners had failed in the attempt, Private Legge volunteered to carry important messages through a zone swept by severe enemy shell fire. He accomplished his mission and returned to his station at the front.