James G. Lusk

The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to James G. Lusk, First Lieutenant, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action at Montebreau Woods, near Charpentry, France, October 4, 1918. After all the other officers in the attack had been killed or wounded, Lieutenant Lusk took command of fragments of the battalion, reorganized them under heavy artillery and machine-gun fire, and personally led them forward in the attack, as a result of which six machine guns and a number of prisoners were taken. The capture effected, the advance of other troops was insured.