Harold B. Anthony

The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Harold B. Anthony, Supply Sergeant, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action at Bois-de-Very, France, September 26, 1918. Sergeant Anthony, while leading a small detachment operating on the flank of his company, suddenly came under heavy machine-gun fire. Alone he crawled up close to the machine-gun and, attacking it, killed all four of the gunners. He advanced to the nest to see the result of his work, and brought the gun back. He carried it for an hour, but was forced to discard it because of its great weight. Again at Epinonville, France, September 29, 1918, the company was held up by machine-gun fire from front and flank. Sergeant Anthony spotted the machine-gun nest. While attempting to reach an automatic squad to point out the hostile gun he was killed by the machine-gun fire.