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Awards Received

  • Distinguished Service Cross

    Service:

    United States Army

    Rank:

    First Lieutenant (Infantry)

    Regiment:

    311th Infantry Regiment

    Division:

    78th Division, American Expeditionary Forces

    Action Date:

    September 26, 1918

    War Department, General Orders No. 26 (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 (Infantry) Lee Sisson Hultzen, United States Army, for extraordinary heroism in action while serving with 311th Infantry Regiment, 78th Division, American Expeditionary Forces, near Vieville-en-Haye, France, 26 September 1918. After reaching his objective with a platoon of about 15 men, Lieutenant Hultzen organized his platoon and held it with three captured German machine-guns. He cleaned out a “pill box” and attacked a dozen of the enemy with practically no assistance.