George L. B. Rivers

The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to George L. B. Rivers, First Lieutenant, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action near Fismes, France, August 11, 1918. during heavy shelling by the enemy Lieutenant Rivers, without hesitation, left the shelter of his dugout and went forward to rescue a severely wounded man. With careful deliberation he raised the wounded man, and aided by another officer and an enlisted man who had also gone forward, they carried him, under heavy fire, to a place of comparative safety, from where he was evacuated to the rear. The utter disregard for his own personal safety displayed by Lieutenant Rivers was an inspiration to the entire command.