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Awards Received

  • Distinguished Service Cross

    Service:

    United States Army

    Rank:

    First Lieutenant (Field Artillery)

    Regiment:

    102d Field Artillery Regiment

    Division:

    26th Division, American Expeditionary Forces

    Action Date:

    October 31, 1918

    War Department, General Orders No. 46 (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 (Field Artillery) George W. Jones, United States Army, for extraordinary heroism in action while serving with 102d Field Artillery, 26th Division, American Expeditionary Forces, in the Ravine-de-Bois-de-Caures, France, 31 October 1918. Though himself painfully wounded by a bursting shell when his battery position was heavily bombarded by the enemy, Lieutenant Jones immediately directed the work of rescuing wounded men from demolished dugouts and evacuating them to the rear. Having finished this work he at once reorganized his battery and carried out orders for immediate fire on the enemy.