Navy Federal Credit Union

Awards Received

  • Distinguished Service Cross

    Service:

    United States Army

    Rank:

    Captain (Dental Corps), [then First Lieutenant]

    Regiment:

    139th Infantry Regiment

    Division:

    35th Division, American Expeditionary Forces

    Action Date:

    September 29 – 30, 1918

    War Department, General Orders 81 (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 Captain (Dental Corps), [then First Lieutenant] Otto Lewis Hunter Hine, United States Army, for extraordinary heroism in action while serving with Medical Detachment, 139th Infantry Regiment (Attached), 35th Division, American Expeditionary Forces, at Chaudron Farm, France, September 29 – 30, 1918. Upon his own initiative, Captain Hine went to a dressing station in advance of the line, after the infantry had withdrawn, and worked under heavy bombardment of gas and high explosive shells, dressing the patients and directing their evacuation. That night he returned to our lines through heavy artillery and machine-gun fire to arrange for ambulances and litters. Later he made another trip to the rear for the purpose of securing an artillery barrage to protect his dressing station. Through his exceptional courage and energy, all the wounded men were safely evacuated.