Frank L. Motley

The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Frank L. Motley, Corporal, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action near Apremont, France, September 29, 1918. When the enemy was counter attacking, having succeeded in planting machine-guns behind a smoke screen, he advanced with utter disregard of personal danger and jumped into an enemy machine-gun nest where there were about 15 Germans. Single-handed, he killed the gunner and loader, and engaged the remainder of the Germans until he received help from his platoon.