Reed S. Douglas

The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Reed S. Douglas, Sergeant, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action near Bois-de-Pultier, France, October 15, 1918, and near the Meuse River, November 5, 1918. On October 15 Sergeant Douglas led his platoon against a strong machine-gun nest in the open field east of Bois-de-Pultier, capturing about 20 prisoners, with very few casualties in his own platoon. On November 5 he led his platoon across the Meuse in the face of heavy machine-gun, rifle, and artillery fire and successfully cleared the heights east of the river of strong enemy machine-gun positions.