Paul A. Smithhisler
Distinguished Service Cross
U.S. Army
World War I
General Orders No. 37, W.D., 1919
The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Paul A. Smithhisler, Sergeant First Class, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action near Heuvel, Belgium, November 2, 1918. Under cover of darkness Sergeant First class Smithhisler swam the Scheldt River at a point where it was covered by hostile machine-guns and reconnoitered a road for a distance of 500 meters, returning with valuable information.
