James B. Power
Home Town: Chicago, IL
Distinguished Service Cross
World War I
U.S. Army
General Orders 71, W.D., 1919
The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to James B. Power, Sergeant, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action near Albert, France, August 4, 1918. While his company was occupying trenches on the outskirts of Albert, France, Sergeant Power, on his own initiative, left shelter and, creeping forward, worked his way through the town, though subjected to snipers who had been firing on our troops.