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Awards Received

  • Distinguished Service Cross

    Service:

    United States Army

    Rank:

    First Lieutenant (Infantry)

    Regiment:

    60th Infantry Regiment

    Division:

    5th Division, American Expeditionary Forces

    Action Date:

    November 1, 6, & 10, 1918

    War Department, General Orders 64 (1919)

    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 First Lieutenant (Infantry) Horace Robert Tune, United States Army, for extraordinary heroism in action while serving with 60th Infantry Regiment, 5th Division, American Expeditionary Forces, near Clery-le-Grand, France, 1, 6, and 10 November 1918. On the morning of 1 November Lieutenant Tune personally led an attack against an enemy machine-gun nest, killing one of the enemy, wounding one, and taking four prisoners. On 6 November he went far in advance of his company, and with two other men, killed a sniper in a building in the village of Murvaux. On 10 November he led the remnants of his company in clearing the Bois-de-Juvigny of enemy detachments. In this action, Lieutenant Tune killed one of the enemy with a rifle and assisted in the capture of five prisoners.