George D. Sims

The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to George D. Sims, Private, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action near Montbrehain, France, October 8, 1918. While assisting his automatic rifle squad in a most advanced position, Private Sims, and those about him, were seriously wounded by shrapnel. Realizing that his wounds were fatal, and that his comrades might be saved, he insisted that the stretcher bearers attend to the others. His unusual heroism was instrumental in the saving of the lives of his fellow soldiers, even at the cost of his own.