John E. Reese

The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to John E. Reese, Sergeant, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action at Audenarde, Belgium, November 1, 1918. Sergeant Reese volunteered to accompany an officer and three other soldiers on a reconnaissance patrol of the city of Audenarde. Entering under heavy shell fire, the party reconnoitered the city for seven hours while it was still being patrolled by the enemy, advancing two kilometers in front of our own outposts and beyond those of the enemy.