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 (Signal Corps) George Richard Thompson, United States Army, for extraordinary heroism in action while serving with 105th Field Signal Battalion, 117th Infantry (Attached), 30th Division, American Expeditionary Forces, near Bellicourt. France, 29 September 1918. With another officer and 24 soldiers, Lieutenant Thompson was proceeding to the front line to establish an advance message center, when the detachment was caught in the enemy’s counter barrage. Although seriously wounded himself, Lieutenant Thompson assisted in dressing the wounds of his men and then continued the work of establishing communication until he was forced to be evacuated two hours later.