Paul J. Pappas

The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Paul J. Pappas, Private, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action near Argonne Forest, France, October 12, 1918. When his company withdrew from their position, Private Pappas, with one other soldier, saw the enemy forming for a counterattack, and, without thought of their danger, refused to withdraw, but held this part of the line for several hours by the efficient use of an automatic rifle, subject to withering machine-gun fire, during the entire time.