George N. Brigham
Home Town: Rockville, CT
General Orders No. 15, W.D., 1919
The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to George N. Brigham, Corporal, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action at St. Thibaut, France, August 10, 1918. Accompanied by another soldier, Corporal Brigham penetrated the enemy’s lines and patrolled a sector from the north bank of the River Vesle to the town of Bazoche. These two men entered an enemy dugout and killed two Germans, at the same time locating a machine-gun emplacement. Corporal Brigham, though wounded, completed his mission before obtaining first aid.
