Anthony Savitsky
Home Town: Colonie, NY
Distinguished Service Cross
World War I
U.S. Army
General Orders 98, W.D., 1919
The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Anthony Savitsky, Corporal, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action near Verdun, France, October 9, 1918. Upon his own initiative, Corporal Savitsky led his squad in the face of heavy machine-gun fire, in order to silence enemy machine guns which were endangering our position. Through his skill and courage several machine-gun nests were surrounded and silenced and twenty prisoners captured.