Hugh B. Martin
Home Town: Kinston, NC
Distinguished Service Cross
World War I
U.S. Army
General Orders 81, W.D., 1919
The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Hugh B. Martin, Corporal, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action near Busigny, France, October 10, 1918. When a battalion of infantry was held up by heavy machine-gun fire, Corporal Martin rushed his section forward to a position 300 yards in advance of our front lines, engaged and silenced the enemy, and allowed a renewal of the advance. He displayed marked personal bravery under terrific enemy fire.