Dr. Othel Jefferson Gee

Captain, U. S. Army Medical Corps

Distinguished Service Cross

GENERAL ORDERS:
War Department, General Orders No. 37 (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 First Lieutenant (Medical Corps) Othel J. Gee, United States Army, for extraordinary heroism in action while serving with Medical Detachment, 20th Field Artillery (Attached), 5th Division, A.E.F., near Vieville-en-Haye, France, 27 September 1918.
Lieutenant Gee voluntarily ran to the assistance of a wounded soldier, dressed his wounds, and carried him to shelter through severe shell fire.