Navy Federal Credit Union

Awards Received

  • Distinguished Service Cross

    Service:

    United States Army

    Rank:

    Corporal

    Regiment:

    119th Infantry Regiment

    Division:

    30th Division, American Expeditionary Forces

    Action Date:

    September 29, 1918

    War Department, General Orders 81 (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 Corporal John Carver (ASN: 1316155), United States Army, for extraordinary heroism in action while serving with Company H, 119th Infantry Regiment, 30th Division, American Expeditionary Forces, near Bellicourt, France, 29 September 1918. With another soldier, Corporal Carver attacked and demolished two enemy machine-gun posts 200 yards in advance of our lines. He then stood guard at the entrance of a dugout while the other soldier entered it and brought out 75 German soldiers and three officers, who were taken back to the line as prisoners.