Russell C. Langdon
Home Town: Brooklyn, NY
Distinguished Service Cross
World War I
U.S. Army
General Orders No. No. 46, W.D., 1920
The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Russell C. Langdon, Colonel, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action near Fismes, France, August 5, 1918. After a patrol had reported to him that a bridge crossing of the Vesle could not be located due to heavy enemy machine-gun and rifle fire, Colonel Langdon personally led a patrol through an area covered by enemy shall and machine-gun fire, to the Vesle River and selected a suitable spot for the building of a bridge and gave instructions for the selection of material for construction.