Jesse Shaine Morrison

Sergeant, U. S. Army

Distinguished Service Cross

GENERAL ORDERS:
War Department, General Orders No. 50 (1919)
CITATION:
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 Sergeant Jesse S. Morrison (ASN: 1490855), United States Army, for extraordinary heroism in action while serving with Headquarters Company, 142d Infantry Regiment, 36th Division, A.E.F., near Attigny, France, 14 October 1918.
Sergeant Morrison drove a motorcycle through intense artillery fire and assisted in the rescue of a wounded soldier under machine-gun fire, driving back with him under intense bombardment to the dressing station.

On 9 May 1919 awarded the French Medaille Militaire.

On 19 April 1919 awarded the French Croix de Guerre with palm.