George S. Beatty

The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to George S. Beatty, Second Lieutenant, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action near Le Rocq Farm, France, July 15, 1918. Having remained at battalion headquarters, after the relief of his battalion, when the German barrage, preceding the second battle of the Marne opened, Lieutenant Beatty, realizing the gravity of the situation, voluntarily went out through heavy destructive fire on a reconnaissance of the front lines, and obtained information which could not be secured in any other manner. He encouraged the troops by his disregard for personal danger, and gave directions for the defense of the positions. It being necessary for him to remove his gas mask in order to accomplish this mission, he was seriously burned by mustard gas.