William P. White
Distinguished Service Cross
U.S. Army
World War I
General Orders No. 59, W.D., 1919
The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to William P. White, Corporal, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action in the Argonne, France, October 14 – 29, 1918. Attached to the regimental liaison group, Private White, time and again traversed three kilometers to the front lines, proving the swiftest and surest runner. For three days and nights he worked unceasingly under terrific artillery and machine-gun fire accomplishing his mission, when other runners failed.
