Ralph B. Sullivan

The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Ralph B. Sullivan, Private, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action near Montzeville, France, September 14, 1918. When a continuous bombardment had set fire to the camouflage covering of a large ammunition dump of 75-mm. shells and exploded nine of the shells, Private Sullivan utterly disregarding his personal safety left a sheltered position and ran to the dump, and, with the aid of three other men, extinguished the fire, not only saving the ammunition but also preventing the ascertainment of the exact location of the dump by the enemy.