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Isabelle Stambaugh was one of only three women to earn the Distinguished Service Cross in World War I. Only five women have earned the award in history.

Awards Received

  • Distinguished Service Cross

    Service:

    United States Army

    Rank:

    Reserve Nurse

    Division:

    Nurse Corps, American Expeditionary Forces (Attached)

    Action Date:

    March 21, 1918

    War Department, General Orders 70 (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 Reserve Nurse Isabelle Stambaugh, United States Army, for extraordinary heroism in action while serving with Base Hospital No. 10, Nurse Corps, American Expeditionary Forces (Attached), in front of Amiens, France, 21 March 1918, while with a surgical team at a British Casualty Clearing Station during the big German drive of 21 March 1918, in front of Amiens, France. Nurse Stambaugh was seriously wounded by shell fire from German aeroplanes.