John Johnson

The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to John Johnson, Private, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action at Bellieu Bois, north of Verdun, France, October 27, 1918. On three separate occasions Private Johnson displayed the utmost heroism and complete disregard for personal danger by crawling from out lines while under direct observation and machine-gun fire and, by the skillful use of natural cover which the ground afforded, brought back to safety three wounded comrades who were lying helpless near the enemy’s position, thereby saving them from death or capture.