Joe Smith

The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Joe Smith, Private, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action near Bois-du-Fays, France, October 10 – 13, 1918. Acting as battalion runner, Private Smith repeatedly carried messages over a route swept by machine-gun and artillery fire. It was necessary to send runners night and day, in order to maintain communication with the front lines. He volunteered out of his turn for this dangerous but all-important work.