Charles S. Morrison

The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Charles S. Morrison, Corporal, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action at Charey, France, September 30, 1918. On the morning of September 30, 1918, Corporal Morrison volunteered to accompany an officer of his company in the rescue of a wounded man of his battalion who had been on patrol. Proceeding under intense and accurate fire to a point 400 yards beyond his outpost, he met a member of the patrol who stated that the wounded man was about 100 yards farther out and close to the hostile lines. With splendid courage, he proceeded to the point indicated, in company with his officer, being constantly subjected to the heaviest fire, and found the soldier, who had died from his wounds. Returning in safety to his own lines, he exchanged shots with the enemy, one of whom he killed.