Thomas R. Gibson

The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Thomas R. Gibson, First Lieutenant, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action near Soissons, France, July 21, 1918. First Lieutenant Gibson displayed rare gallantry and leadership when, all the other officers of his company having been killed or wounded, he led his men through a zone of intense bombardment, and, although badly wounded himself, he attained his objective with only five men and two machine-guns, refusing to be evacuated until his guns were effectively in action.