THOMAS J. WALSH, a member of the Medical Detachment, 104th Infantry Division received the Distinguished Service Cross for extraordinary heroism on 22 October 1944 near Moncourt Woods, France. The then T/5 Walsh voluntarily led a group of six litter bearers through murderous enemy machine gun and artillery fire to evacuate a score of comrades wounded in the attack against strongly fortified hostile positions. Exhibiting dauntless courage he crawled from one to another of the wounded men, rendering first aid and assisting in their evacuation, before he was himself hit in both legs by enemy machine gun fire. As he dragged himself toward friendly lines, he stopped to treat several more casualties who were in very serious condition. Exhausted by the loss of blood, he crawled to a ditch where he remained for two days through intermittent enemy artillery attacks before being evacuated.

Mr. Walsh joined the Legion of Valor in 1963 and resided in Massachusetts.