Frank B. Swift

The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Frank B. Swift, Bugler, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action at Chipilly Ridge, France, August 11, 1918. When his company was in a perilous position, due to lack of ammunition and of water, Bugler Swift volunteered to carry a message requesting aid to battalion headquarters, through a zone swept by heavy artillery fire, after two runners had been killed in the attempt. While carrying the message he was severely wounded but continued on his mission, delivered his message, and died on the way back to the dressing station.