MACARTHUR, DOUGLAS

(First Award)

Brigadier General, U.S. Army

Chief of Staff, 42d Division, A.E.F.

Date of Action: March 9, 1918

Citation:

The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Douglas MacArthur, Brigadier General, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action in the Salient-du-Feys, France, March 9, 1918. When Company D, 168th Infantry, was under severe attack in the salient du Feys, France, General MacArthur voluntarily joined it, upon finding that he could do so without interfering with his normal duties, and by his coolness and conspicuous courage aided materially in its success.

General Orders No. 27, W.D., 1919

Home Town: Milwaukee, WI

Other Award: Distinguished Service Cross w/OLC (WWI)

General MacArthur was a LIFE MEMBER of the Legion of Valor and resided in New York.

View Gen. MacArthur’s First Oak Leaf Cluster citation.

View Gen. MacArthur’s Second Oak Leaf Cluster citation.

View Gen. MacArthur’s Medal of Honor citation.