Walter P. Mcmanus

The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Walter P. McManus, Sergeant, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action near Le Catelet, France, September 29, 1918. The platoon which he commanded being driven to shelter by intense enemy artillery and machine-gun fire and many of its members wounded, Sergeant McManus, with complete disregard for his own safety and disregarding this heavy fire, advanced in plain view of the enemy, rescued a wounded man of his platoon, and although he himself was severely wounded applied first aid and brought his wounded comrade back to a place of comparative safety, thereby saving the latter’s life.