George A. Busching
Home Town: Plainfield, IA
General Orders No. No. 133, W.D., 1918
The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to George A. Busching, Private, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action near Brancourt, France, October 8, 1918. Private Busching observed a severely wounded soldier about 100 yards from his post on a sunken road heavily shelled by artillery and machine-gun enfilading fire. He voluntarily went out and carried this soldier to a place of safety.
