Elmer Todd
Home Town: Tulsa, OK
Distinguished Service Cross
World War I
U.S. Army
General Orders No. No. 24, W.D., 1920
The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Elmer Todd, Corporal, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action south of Soissons, France, July 20, 1918. Corporal Todd led his squad by crawling from shell hole to shell hole through heavy machine-gun fire for a distance of about 300 yards in advance of the Infantry. Selecting a position, he placed his machine gun so as to bring an enfilade fire on a section of enemy trench that was holding up the advance of the Infantry. The fire of his squad was so effective as to cause the enemy to surrender, thereby facilitating the further advance of the attacking battalion.