Albert Baurin

The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Albert Baurin, Brigadier, French Army, for extraordinary heroism in action near Gesnes, France, October 4, 1918. During the course of an engagement in which the French tanks assisted the American infantry to attack a difficult position, the tank in which Brigadier Baurin was advancing was put out of action and his companion wounded by heavy artillery fire. He continued to assist his comrade in firing until the ammunition was completely exhausted, and then dismounted from the tank and he carried the wounded man to the American line through the intense enemy fire.