John De Smidt
Home Town: Chicago, IL
General Orders 81, W.D., 1919
The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to John De Smidt, Corporal, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action at Hamel, Belgium, July 4, 1918, With the assistance of an Australian soldier, Corporal De Smidt crept up on the position of an enemy machine-gun, captured the gun and forced its crew to carry it back to our lines.
