Edward G. Best
Home Town: New York, NY
General Orders 78, W.D., 1919
The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Edward G. Best, Private, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action in the Forest of Argonne, France, October 3, 1918. During an attack on a series of strong enemy machine-gun nests, Private Best took charge of company liaison and voluntarily carried messages to all the platoons of the company, exposing himself fearlessly to sweeping machine-gun fire.
