Harland D. Morris

The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Harland D. Morris, Sergeant, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action near Cunel, France, October 15, 1918. Advancing under intense artillery and machine-gun fire, Sergeant Morris displayed marked coolness and disregard of danger in personally clearing the right flank of his company of dangerous snipers. In so doing he was severely wounded but he nevertheless reorganized his detachment and held the position.