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Awards Received

  • Distinguished Service Cross

    Service:

    United States Army

    Rank:

    First Lieutenant (Medical Corps)

    Regiment:

    119th Infantry Regiment

    Division:

    30th Division, American Expeditionary Forces

    Action Date:

    October 8 & October 18 – 19, 1918

    War Department, General Orders No. 44 (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 First Lieutenant (Medical Corps) Thomas B. Gold, United States Army, for extraordinary heroism in action while serving with 119th Infantry Regiment (Attached), 30th Division, American Expeditionary Forces, near Busigny, France, 9 October 1918 and Mazinghien, France, 18 – 19 October 1918. During the attack of 9 October Lieutenant Gold established his aid post in a roadside shrine up with the front line, where he rendered valuable assistance to the wounded. On another occasion he established alone a post close to the front line, where he again gave treatment until the heavy fire of the enemy forced him to withdraw. During the advance of 18 – 19 October he established another frontline post under the enemy fire and thus saved the lives of many of the troops.