Pleas Sanders
Home Town: Brownsville, KY
Distinguished Service Cross
World War I
U.S. Army
General Orders No. 32, W.D., 1919
The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Pleas Sanders, Sergeant, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action near Cunel, France, October 10, 1918. Sergeant Sanders attacked an enemy strong point covered by machine-gun fire. Although severely wounded, he continued to direct his platoon from a shell hole until the objective was reached.