Emmett Thompson

The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Emmett Thompson, Sergeant, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action at Mont-de-Sanges, France, September 20, 1918, to October 1, 1918. After others had failed, Sergeant Thompson, then a corporal, volunteered and took charge of a detail to secure rations. He succeeded in this mission under very dangerous and trying conditions, and, notwithstanding the fact that his detachment suffered numerous casualties, he remained on this duty, and continued to supply the company with rations until completely exhausted.