Arthur Norwat

The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Arthur Norwat, Sergeant, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action near Moulin De L’Homme Mort, France, October 4, 1918. When enemy machine-gun fire had checked his attempt to reach companies which had been surrounded by the enemy, Sergeant Norwat sprang upon the parapet, in full view of the enemy, and opened fire with an automatic rifle. He continued with this heroic work until he fell mortally wounded.

The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Arthur Norwat, Sergeant, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action near Revillon, France, September 14 – 15, 1918. On September 14 Sergeant Norwat advanced ahead of his company, and with an automatic rifle single-handed silenced an enemy machine-gun nest, capturing the gunner. On the following day after having assumed command, because of the fact that all officers had become casualties, he assembled 13 men and led them in a charge against superior forces of the enemy, recapturing a trench which shortly before had been taken by the enemy.