Thomas J. Taylor
Distinguished Service Cross
U.S. Army
World War I
General Orders No. 46, W.D., 1919
The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Thomas J. Taylor, Lieutenant, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action near the Cote-de- Chatillon, France, November 1, 1918. When all the other officers of his company had been incapacitated, Lieutenant Taylor took command and successfully led his men throughout the five-days’ operations, capturing a strongly held position with more than a hundred prisoners.