Samson Richards

The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Samson Richards, Corporal, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action near Landres-et-St. Georges, France, October 14, 1918. When his platoon had become scattered during an attack and his platoon commander had been killed, Corporal Richards, although himself seriously wounded, reorganized the platoon under heavy shell and machine-gun fire and turned the platoon over to the nest in command ready for the assault before he permitted himself to be evacuated, thereby setting to his associated an example of utter disregard for danger and remarkable coolness and courage in the face of the enemy.