Thomas W. W. Roose
Home Town: Charlestown, MA
General Orders No. No. 39, W.D., 1920
The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Thomas W. W. Roose, Regimental Sergeant Major, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action near Torcy, France, July 18 to 20, 1918. On July 20 Sergeant Major Roose crossed an open space, under direct observation and fire of the enemy, to assist a wounded comrade to shelter. Two days previous he made a reconnaissance along the advancing front line, exposed to rifle, machine-gun, and artillery fire, to make sure that orders had been carried out.
