Richard Thompson Smith

The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Richard Thompson Smith, Captain, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action while under heavy shell fire on March 17, 1918, in the vicinity of Fort de Manonviller, France. Captain Smith showed prompt initiative and courage in conducting to shelter a party of 65 men who were constructing and repairing communication lines. After making them secure, he went out under fire and brought in a wounded soldier who was lying exposed in the open.