Saunders P. Pretty
Home Town: Cincinnati, OH
Distinguished Service Cross
World War I
U.S. Army
General Orders No. No. 24, W.D., 1920
The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Saunders P. Pretty, Private First Class, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action at Launay, near Chateau-Thierry, France, July 15, 1918. Private (First Class) Pretty fearlessly exposed himself to machine-gun and artillery fire in order to keep up communication between exposed machine-gun positions. His work enabled the quick and accurate changing of our fire during a critical period of the action.