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Awards Received

  • Distinguished Service Cross

    Service:

    United States Army

    Rank:

    Private

    Regiment:

    118th Infantry Regiment

    Division:

    30th Division, American Expeditionary Forces

    Action Date:

    October 8, 1918

    War Department, General Orders 78 (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 Private Roe Bradley (ASN: 1311167), United States Army, for extraordinary heroism in action while serving with Company F, 118th Infantry Regiment, 30th Division, American Expeditionary Forces, near Brancourt, France, 8 October 1918. When a party of twenty-five of the enemy threatened the advance by machine-gun fire from a sunken road, Private Bradley, who was ahead of the front line, quickly got his automatic rifle into action, and, by well-directed enfilading fire, killed a large number of the enemy, capturing the remainder. His timely act prevented an interruption of the attack.