Horace R. Tune

The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Horace R. Tune, First Lieutenant, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action near Clery-le-Grand, France, November 1, November 6 and November 10, 1918. On the morning of November 1, Lieutenant Tune personally led an attack against an enemy machine-gun nest, killing one of the enemy, wounding one, and taking four prisoners. On November 6, he went far in advance of his company, and with two other men, killed a sniper in a building in the village of Marvaux. On November 10, he led the remnants of his company in clearing the Bois-de-Juvigny of enemy detachments. In this action, Lieutenant Tune killed one of the enemy with a rifle and assisted in the capture of five prisoners.