George A. Dupree
Home Town: New York, NY
Distinguished Service Cross
World War I
U.S. Army
General Orders No. 32, W.D., 1919
The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to George A. Dupree, Corporal, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action near Montzeville, France, September 14, 1918. When a continuous bombardment had set fire to the camouflage covering of a large ammunition dump of 75-millimeter shells and exploded nine of the shells, Corporal Dupree, utterly disregarding his personal safety, left a sheltered position and ran to the dump, and with the aid of three other men extinguished the fire, not only saving the ammunition but also preventing the ascertainment of the exact location of the dump by the enemy.
