Albert W. Lindberg

The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Albert W. Lindberg, Captain (Medical Corps), U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action near Exermont, France, October 8, 1918. Crawling out over shell-torn ground and in the face of direct machine-gun fire, Captain Lindberg rescued a soldier whose leg had been shattered by shell fire. By performing an amputation while constantly exposed to sniping and machine-gun fire, he made it possible to evacuate the soldier to safety a few hours later, when the infantry moved forward.