Rutherford Ireland
Home Town: Brooklyn, NY
General Orders No. 37, W.D., 1919
The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Rutherford Ireland, Captain, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action near St. Souplet, France, October 18, 1918. Captain Ireland continued to lead his battalion in attack, although suffering great pain from a wound caused by shell fire. After being ordered to the dressing station, he had his wound dressed without waiting to have the shrapnel removed, returning to his battalion, and remaining on duty for two days.
