Homer S. Jarvis

The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Homer S. Jarvis, First Lieutenant, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action near Nantillois, France, September 26, 1918. Lieutenant Jarvis, with another officer and a soldier, using captured German Maxim guns, pushed forward to a heavily shelled area from which the infantry had withdrawn, and by their accurate and effective fire kept groups of the enemy from occupying advantageous positions. Maintaining fire superiority all afternoon, Lieutenant Jarvis withdrew from his dangerous position only when it became too dark to see.