Arthur Elmer Joiner
Home Town: Granbury, TX
General Orders No. 46, W.D., 1919
The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Arthur Elmer Joiner, Private, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action near Le Grand Carre Farm, France, November 1, 1918. Private Joiner, a battalion runner, made four trips to his company through intense machine-gun fire. On the fourth trip he was severely wounded, but he continued to crawl along until he intercepted another runner and gave him the message.
