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Awards Received

  • Distinguished Service Cross

    Service:

    United States Army

    Rank:

    Sergeant

    Regiment:

    317th Infantry Regiment

    Division:

    80th Division, American Expeditionary Forces

    Action Date:

    November 4, 1918

    War Department, General Orders No. 11 (1921)

    The President of the United States of America, authorized by Act of Congress, July 9, 1918, takes pleasure in presenting the Distinguished Service Cross to Sergeant Isadore H. Solomon (ASN: 1817476), United States Army, for extraordinary heroism in action while serving with Company C, 317th Infantry Regiment, 80th Division, American Expeditionary Forces, near Sommauthe, France, 4 November 1918. When a friendly airplane had dropped a message in front of our line Sergeant Solomon, disregarding personal safety, exposed himself to heavy machine-gun fire in order to go out and recover the message. The information thus obtained was of vital importance for the successful continuance of the advance.