Robert O. Blood
Home Town: Concord, NH
General Orders No. No. 125, W.D., 1918
The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Robert O. Blood, Captain (Medical Corps), U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action near Bouresches, France, July 20 – 23, 1918. Captain Blood remained with his battalion during the entire advance, working untiringly under heavy enemy fire at all times, superintending the evacuation of the wounded and caring for them in the most dangerous and exposed positions. On July 22 he established his dressing station in an advanced position that was constantly under shell fire, and many times left his station to go into the front lines to treat the wounded.
