Arthur J. Young
Distinguished Service Cross
U.S. Army
World War I
General Orders No. 44, W.D., 1919
The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Arthur J. Young, Private, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action near Romagne, France, October 16, 1918. Although wounded by a machine-gun bullet, Private Young carried four comrades to a shell hole through terrific shell and machine- gun fire and dressed their wounds. He then carried them to a place of safety in the rear of our lines.