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Awards Received

  • Distinguished Service Cross

    Service:

    United States Army

    Rank:

    Second Lieutenant (Corps of Engineers)

    Regiment:

    110th Engineer Regiment

    Division:

    35th Division, American Expeditionary Forces

    Action Date:

    September 26, 1918

    War Department, General Orders No. 59 (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 Second Lieutenant (Corps of Engineers) Hugh T. Caywood (ASN: 1467557), United States Army, for extraordinary heroism in action while serving with Company A, 110th Engineers, 35th Division, American Expeditionary Forces, near Cheppy, France, 26 September 1918. While a member of a platoon of wire cutters, Second Lieutenant Caywood, with the assistance of a comrade, attacked and captured an enemy machine-gun nest that was holding up the advance. One officer, six men and two guns were taken, in the face of intense machine-gun fire.