Nathan P. Sanders
Home Town: Weatherford, OK
General Orders No. No. 117, W.D., 1918
The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Nathan P. Sanders, Corporal, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action near Soissons, France, July 18 – 25, 1918. Corporal Sanders gave proof of utter fearlessness and courage during the whole 7-days’ offensive. On July 18 his company was stopped by an exceptionally well-located machine gun, making advance impossible until it was silenced. He on his own initiative crept upon the gun, killed the gunner, and captured four others of the crew. He then turned the gun and operated it on the retreating Germans.
