Navy Federal Credit Union

Awards Received

  • Distinguished Service Cross

    Service:

    United States Army

    Rank:

    First Lieutenant (Medical Corps)

    Regiment:

    106th Infantry Regiment

    Division:

    27th Division, American Expeditionary Forces

    Action Date:

    September 29, 1918

    War Department, General Orders No. 14 (1923)

    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) Lee A. Hadley, United States Army, for extraordinary heroism in action while serving with 106th Infantry Regiment (Attached), 27th Division, American Expeditionary Forces, near Ronssoy, France, 29 September 1918. Under observation of the enemy and with complete disregard for his own safety Lieutenant Hadley ran and crawled 200 yards to a shell hole where eighteen of his men had been killed or wounded by shellfire. Dressing the wounds of twelve of the surviving men, he carried each of them 100 yards to a place of safety under intense enemy machine-gun and artillery fire; from this point they were evacuated by members of a sanitary detachment. Two of the wounded men were killed by enemy fire while being carried in the arms of this officer. The undaunted bravery of Lieutenant Hadley was an inspiration to every member of his organization.