George H. Edwards

The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to George H. Edwards, Private First Class, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action near Forges, France, September 26, 1918. In the face of heavy machine-gun fire, at great personal risk, Private Edwards crawled out from a position of safety and rescued a wounded soldier who was lying exposed to the enemy fire. Private Edwards was killed later in the advance while charging a machine-gun nest.