Samuel H. Johns
Home Town: Needham, MA
Distinguished Service Cross
World War I
U.S. Army
General Orders No. 13, W.D., 1919
The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Samuel H. Johns, Private, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action near Bussy Farm, France, September 28, 1918. After several other runners had been killed or wounded, Private Johns volunteered to carry a message over fields swept by heavy machine-gun fire and artillery bombardment. He succeeded in delivering the message, but was severely wounded while on the return trip.