Frank J. Topic

The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Frank J. Topic, Private, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action near Bantheville, France, October 23, 1918. During the night Private Topic made frequent trips with wounded back through a heavily shelled area, setting an example of fearlessness to his comrades. The next day in an advance, he carried a stretcher with the front wave, and when the objective was reached, went from shell hole to shell hole, under intense enemy fire, giving first aid to the wounded and carrying them to the rear.