Samuel F. Telfair

The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Samuel F. Telfair, Second Lieutenant, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action at Brieulles, France, November 4, 1918. Second Lieutenant Telfair was leading a patrol to reconnoiter a position for antiaircraft machine-guns when his group became scattered by intense shell fire. Upon returning to the shell-swept area to look for his patrol, he found one of the men severely wounded. Making two trips through the heavy shell fire he secured the assistance of Private Laurel B. Heath and carried the wounded soldier to safety.