Michael Larkin

The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Michael Larkin, Corporal, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action near Soissons, France, July 19, 1918. When his platoon had been halted by heavy machine-gun fire from the front, Corporal Larkin, with three others, pushed forward through heavy fire and attacked the enemy machine-gun nest. Two enemy machine guns were captured and their crews forced to surrender. He then reorganized the enemy position and assisted in the repulse of a strong enemy counterattack. He served with distinction until a serious wound forced his evacuation.