Philip J. Mccook

The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Philip J. McCook, Major, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action near Lion-devant-Dun, France, November 6, 1918. Having at his own request been assigned to the 9th Infantry Brigade, Major McCook was sent out by his brigade commander to reconnoiter the enemy’s lines near Lion-devant-Dun and Cote St. Germain, to report on the attack of the 61st Infantry which was engaged in an attack on those places. He passed from front-line units to the command post of the 61st Infantry through severe artillery and machine-gun fire in order to telephone the results of his reconnaissance to his brigade commander. While passing through this heavy fire for the third time, he was severely wounded in the right leg by a fragment of shell. Though his leg was broken and he was unable to walk, he refused to be evacuated until assisted to a telephone where he made his report to his brigade commander. He then refused to have his wound dressed until others had received treatment.