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 George Newton Brigham (ASN: 558268), United States Army, for extraordinary heroism in action while serving with Company I, 47th Infantry Regiment, 4th Division, American Expeditionary Forces, at St. Thibault, France, 10 August 1918. Accompanied by another soldier, Corporal Brigham penetrated the enemy’s lines and patrolled a sector from the north bank of the River Vesle to the town of Bazoches. These two men entered an enemy dugout and killed two Germans, at the same time locating a machine-gun emplacement. Corporal Brigham, though wounded, completed his mission before obtaining first aid.