George Blessing
Home Town: Pittsfield, MA
General Orders No. No. 10, W.D., 1920
The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to George Blessing, Corporal, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action near Moulins, France, July 14 – 15, 1918. Although exposed to severe artillery fire, Corporal Blessing kept the automatic rifle teams under his command in action, thus causing very heavy casualties to the enemy who were attempting to cross the Marne River in boats. The stubborn resistance of this unit prevented the enemy from gaining a foothold at a critical point of our lines. While encouraging his men to greater efforts he was killed by shell fire.
