George S. Johnson
Home Town: Rockford, IL
Distinguished Service Cross
World War I
U.S. Army
General Orders No. No. 35, W.D., 1920
The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to George S. Johnson, Private, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action near Fleville, France, October 4, 1918. When his organization was halted by machine-gun fire from the front, Private Johnson, accompanied by a noncommissioned officer, advanced upon and destroyed the enemy machine-gun position, forcing four of the enemy to surrender, and thereby insuring the further advance of his unit.