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Awards Received

  • Distinguished Service Cross

    Service:

    United States Army

    Rank:

    Corporal

    Regiment:

    327th Infantry Regiment

    Division:

    82d Division, American Expeditionary Forces

    Action Date:

    October 9, 1918

    War Department, General Orders No. 50 (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 Corporal Harold Olsen (ASN: 1907902), United States Army, for extraordinary heroism in action while serving with Company K, 327th Infantry Regiment, 82d Division, American Expeditionary Forces, in the Meuse-Argonne offensive, 9 October 1918. Assisted by another soldier, Corporal Olsen crawled far in advance of our lines, under terrific machine-gun and shell fire, and brought back a severely wounded comrade.