Russell Pollard

The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Russell Pollard, Corporal, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action near Bois-Frehaut, France, November 10, 1918. During the assault on Bois Frehaut, Corporal Pollard, a rifle grenadier, conducted his squad skillfully in firing on hostile machine-guns until his rifle was broken. He then used his wire-cutter with, speed and skill under heavy shell and machine-gun fire, and although wounded in his right arm he continued to cut the wire with his left hand, and assisted his men in getting through it until ordered to the dressing station a second time by his company commander.