Joseph D. Sanders
Home Town: Hoisington, KS
General Orders No. 23, W.D., 1919
The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Joseph D. Sanders, Corporal, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action near Chateau-Thierry, France, June 3 and 13, 1918. In command of an important outpost, Corporal Sanders exposed himself to rifle and shell fire to better observe the movements of the enemy. He was knocked unconscious by shell burst, but returned to his post immediately upon regaining consciousness. On June 13 he carried a wounded officer through an intense barrage to a dressing station.
