Aristeo V. Simoni
Home Town: Chicago, IL
General Orders No. 44, W.D., 1919
The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Aristeo V. Simoni, First Lieutenant (Chaplain), U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action near La Chene Tondu, France, October 3, 1918. Upon learning that there were six wounded men in front of our lines, Chaplain Simoni asked for two volunteers and with the aid of these men successfully brought the wounded men to our own lines through a terrific machine-gun and grenade fire.
