Maurice S. Stevenson

The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Maurice S. Stevenson, Second Lieutenant, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action near Exermont, France, October 9, 1918. Lieutenant Stevenson displayed splendid devotion to duty by twice passing through a terrific artillery and machine-gun barrage in order to transmit important orders from his brigade commander to the assaulting battalion, and while in the performance of such duty was seriously wounded, but refused to be evacuated before he had made his report.