Ollie R. Link

The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Ollie R. Link, Cook, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action near St. Souplet, France, October 9 – 10, 1918. Hearing that the casualties in his company were very heavy, Cook Link left his place in the kitchen and joined his comrades on the front line. From there he advanced alone a distance of 200 yards and located two machine-gun nests, the journey being done in the face of heavy enemy fire.