William Callahan

The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to William Callahan, Sergeant, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action near Revillon, France, September 9, 1918. In order to clean out an enemy machine-gun nest which was holding up the advance of his company Sergeant Callahan volunteered and, with an officer crawled through the enemy wire into his lines, killed two of the enemy; and, although their position was discovered and the area was swept by machine-gun fire, he remained with the officer, killed an enemy machine gunner, and drove another away with his gun, and finally returned with information concerning enemy positions.