Columbus Whipple
Home Town: Snowflake, AZ
Distinguished Service Cross
World War I
U.S. Army
General Orders No. No. 147, W.D., 1918
The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Columbus Whipple, Private, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action near Bazoches, France, August 7, 1918. Private Whipple crossed the Vesle River in the face of enemy fire and rescued a drowning comrade in the deep, swift current of the stream.