Edward P. Polaska
Home Town: South Bend, IN
General Orders No. 133, W.D., 1919
The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Edward P. Polaska, Sergeant, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action in Shkotovo and Suchan campaign, Siberia, May 20, 1919 to July 20, 1919. Sergeant Polaska commanded a platoon of his company during the entire period and led it in five different engagements. Hardships were undergone which tested discipline severely, through all of which Sergeant Polaska maintained perfect control, held his platoon at a high state of efficiency, and displayed extraordinary skill in handling it while actually in action, notably at Sitsa, Siberia, June 26, 1919, and at Kazanka, Siberia, July 3, 1919.
