Horace B. Scanlon

The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Horace B. Scanlon, Second Lieutenant, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action near Ronssoy, France, September 27, 1918. Gathering about 49 men from various units in a forward trench Lieutenant Scanlon organized them into an attacking party and led them forward under heavy machine-gun fire, repulsing an enemy counterattack. While in the performance of this exploit he was mortally wounded, but attempting to push forward with his men, he called out: “Go on fighting! Never mind what happened to me.”