Thomas D. Saunders
Home Town: Cheyenne, WY
General Orders No. No. 142, W.D., 1918
The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Thomas D. Saunders, Corporal, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action at Jaulny, France, September 12, 1918. Corporal Saunders and another soldier, who were acting as wire cutters with the first line of infantry, fought their way forward in advance of their units and were the first to enter Jaulny while it was swept by machine- gun fire, infested with snipers, and still occupied by rear guard detachments of the enemy. After capturing eight Germans in a dugout they searched the caves in the town and took 55 additional prisoners.
