Edward P. Morrissey

The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Edward P. Morrissey, Private, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action near Bazoches, France, August 25 – 26, 1918. Private Morrissey and another soldier had become separated from their detachment and were forced to take shelter for five and a half days. He rescued a wounded soldier from exposure to machine-gun and shell fire and later attacked a machine-gun nest in his direct front. In the attack he killed two of the enemy with hand grenades, and subsequently returned to our lines, assisting the wounded comrade to safety.