Beverely A. Shipp

The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Beverely A. Shipp, Lieutenant, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action near Cornay, France, October 9 – 10, 1918. After successfully driving off the enemy Lieutenant Shipp’s attacking force was counterattacked and surrounded. The officers in charge decided to surrender to the greatly superior numbers, but Lieutenant Shipp, refusing to do so, made his way to our lines through deadly enemy fire, although severely wounded while doing so.