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Sheehan, Mary E.

The President of the United States takes pleasure in presenting the Army Distinguished Service Medal to Mary E. Sheehan, First Lieutenant, U.S. Army Nurse Corps, for exceptionally meritorious and distinguished services to the Government of the United States, in a duty of great responsibility during World War I. As Chief Nurse of the Vichy Hospital Center, France, during the World War, First Lieutenant Sheehan organized the nursing service of that center, and by her tact, good judgment, energy, and personal devotion to duty contributed largely to the successful care and well-being of 11,000 sick and wounded.

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  War Department, General Orders No. 9 (1923)
  

Home Town: Syracuse, New York

Sheen, Henry Holden

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The President of the United States takes pleasure in presenting the Army Distinguished Service Medal to Henry Holden Sheen, Colonel (Infantry), U.S. Army, for exceptionally meritorious and distinguished services to the Government of the United States, in a duty of great responsibility during World War I. As Quartermaster, 39th Division, from September 1917 until October 1918, and Acting Chief of Staff, same division, from October until December 1918, Colonel Sheet rendered highly meritorious services. As Chief Quartermaster, Intermediate Section, Services of Supply, he displayed sound judgment in the disposal of property valued at many millions of dollars. Later, as Chief Quartermaster and Acting Chief of Staff, G-4, American Forces in Germany, he displayed marked ability and initiative in many large undertakings and perplexing problems confronting him, resulting in immense savings to the Government.

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  War Department, General Orders No. 56 (1922)
  

Home Town: Norfolk, Virginia

Shelby, Evan

The President of the United States takes pleasure in presenting the Army Distinguished Service Medal to Evan Shelby, Colonel (Quartermaster Corps), U.S. Army, for exceptionally meritorious and distinguished services to the Government of the United States, in a duty of great responsibility during World War I. As Chief of the Contracts Branch of the Chief of Construction Division, in following up contracts, aiding in their interpretation, adjusting differences between the contractors and the

Government, and advising on matters of procedure and the rights of the parties involved, Colonel Shelby has displayed sound judgment, marked professional attainments, and extraordinary capacity for sustained and unremitting labor.

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  War Department, General Orders No. 89 (1919)
  

Home Town: Washington, D.C.

*Shelton, George H.

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The President of the United States takes pride in presenting the Army Distinguished Service Medal (Posthumously) to George H. Shelton, Brigadier General, U.S. Army, for exceptionally meritorious and distinguished services to the Government of the United States, in a duty of great responsibility during World War I, while Commanding the 51st Infantry Brigade, 26th Division, during the St. Mihiel and Meuse-Argonne offensives.

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  War Department, General Orders No. 53 (1921)
  

Home Town: Seymour, Connecticut

Shelton, Nena

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The President of the United States takes pleasure in presenting the Army Distinguished Service Medal to Nena Shelton, First Lieutenant, U.S. Army Nurse Corps, for exceptionally meritorious and distinguished services to the Government of the United States, in a duty of great responsibility during World War I. As Assistant to the Director of Nursing Service, American Expeditionary Forces, in Paris France, during the World War, First Lieutenant Shelton contributed largely to the success of that force of over 10,000 nurses. Her zeal, good judgment, and energy added greatly to the efficiency with which the sick and wounded of the American Expeditionary Forces were cared for. Her faithfulness to detail and unfailing devotion to duty greatly facilitated the work of the Medical Department.

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  War Department, General Orders No. 9 (1923)
  

Home Town: Kansas City, Missouri

Shepard, John L.

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The President of the United States takes pleasure in presenting the Army Distinguished Service Medal to John L. Shepard, Colonel (Medical Corps), U.S. Army, for exceptionally meritorious and distinguished services to the Government of the United States, in a duty of great responsibility during World War I. In 1918, as Surgeon of Camp Funston, Kansas, and of the 89th Division, Colonel Shepard displayed high administrative, technical, and constructive ability in preventive measures adopted against epidemics and in the conservation of physical defects by their segregation and development. Later he performed conspicuous services in connection with hospital demobilization in France and the return to the United States of the sick and wounded.

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  War Department, General Orders No. 15 (1921)
  

Home Town: Galesburg, Illinois

Shepherd, William E., Jr.

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The President of the United States takes pleasure in presenting the Army Distinguished Service Medal to William E. Shepherd, Jr., Lieutenant Colonel (Field Artillery), U.S. Army, for exceptionally meritorious and distinguished services to the

Government of the United States, in a duty of great responsibility during World War I. As Assistant Chief of Staff, 3d Section, of the 5th Army Corps, and as Chief of Staff of Artillery of that Corps, by his marked military attainments and devotion to his exacting duties, Lieutenant Colonel Shepherd ably planned the employment of the Corps of Artillery in its operations against the enemy, rendering services of great worth to the American Expeditionary Forces.

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  War Department, General Orders No. 87 (1919)
  

Home Town: New York, New York

Sherman, William C.

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The President of the United States takes pleasure in presenting the Army Distinguished Service Medal to William C. Sherman, Lieutenant Colonel (Corps of Engineers), U.S. Army, for exceptionally meritorious and distinguished services to the Government of the United States, in a duty of great responsibility during World War I. As Assistant Chief of Staff, G-2, 1st Division and 3d Army Corps, from February 1918 until October 1918, Lieutenant Colonel Sherman skillfully organized and directed the service of information of the enemy which guided in the preparation of the orders under which his division and corps achieved their many victories. Later, as Chief of Staff, Air Service, 1st Army, from 1 November to 11 November, he displayed great ability and by his rare tactical conceptions rendered exceptionally meritorious service enabling the Air Service to function in a highly efficient manner at all times.

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  War Department, General Orders No. 56 (1922)
  

Home Town: Augusta, Georgia

Sherrill, Clarence O.

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The President of the United States takes pleasure in presenting the Army Distinguished Service Medal to Clarence O. Sherrill, Colonel (Corps of Engineers), U.S. Army, for exceptionally meritorious and distinguished services to the Government of the United States, in a duty of great responsibility during World War I. Colonel Sherrill organized the 302d Engineers and conducted their operations with the 77th Division until he became the Division Chief of Staff. To his initiative, energy, and good judgment is due much of the success of the staff functioning in the division in its operations in the Argonne. He has rendered services of marked worth.

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  War Department, General Orders No. 53 (1921)
  

Home Town: Raleigh, North Carolina

Shinkle, Edward M.

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The President of the United States takes pleasure in presenting the Army Distinguished Service Medal to Edward M. Shinkle, Colonel (Ordnance Corps), U.S. Army, for exceptionally meritorious and distinguished services to the Government of the United States, in a duty of great responsibility during World War I. In charge of the Ammunition Section of the Gun Division, Ordnance Department, Colonel Shinkle was responsible for the design, development, and placing of orders and contracts for all

ammunition and projectiles supplied to the American Army. Later, in charge of Ammunition Section, Engineering Division, in the Office of the Chief of Ordnance, his technical skill, executive ability, and sound judgment were highly important factors in the successful operations of the Ordnance Department during the World War.

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  War Department, General Orders No. 16 (1923)
  

Home Town: Higginsport, Ohio

Shipley, Walter V.

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The President of the United States takes pleasure in presenting the Army Distinguished Service Medal to Walter V. Shipley, Lieutenant Colonel (Ordnance Corps), U.S. Army, for exceptionally meritorious and distinguished services to the Government of the United States, in a duty of great responsibility during World War I. As Quartermaster and Assistant Chief of Staff, G-1, 29th Division, from July 1917 until June 1919, by his untiring zeal, great energy, tact, and sound judgment Lieutenant Colonel Shipley was able to overcome many difficult problems of supply and assist to a marked degree in the operations of his division, thereby rendering services of great value to the American Expeditionary Forces.

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  War Department, General Orders No. 56 (1922)
  

Home Town: Arlington, Maryland

Shockley, M. A. W.

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The President of the United States takes pleasure in presenting the Army Distinguished Service Medal to M. A. W. Shockley, Colonel (Medical Corps), U.S. Army, for exceptionally meritorious and distinguished services to the Government of the United States, in a duty of great responsibility during World War I. As a member of the 5th Section, General Staff, Colonel Shockley displayed sound judgment and administrative ability in organizing, supervising, and inspecting the various sanitary schools and in conducting the sanitary training of troops. He also initiated and planned the preliminary organization of schools for instruction in civil educational subjects, established after the cessation of hostilities, rendering invaluable services to the American Expeditionary Forces.

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  War Department, General Orders No. 87 (1919)
  

Home Town: Fort Scott, Kansas

Short, Walter Campbell

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The President of the United States takes pleasure in presenting the Army Distinguished Service Medal to Walter Campbell Short, Colonel (Infantry), U.S. Army, for exceptionally meritorious and distinguished services to the Government of the United States, in a duty of great responsibility during World War I. Attached to the Fifth Section, General Staff, General Headquarters, American Expeditionary Forces, Colonel Short rendered conspicuous service in inspecting and reporting upon front-line

conditions pertaining to the work of his section. During the St. Mihiel and Meuse-Argonne operations of the 1st Army Corps, he efficiently directed the instruction and training of machine-gun units at every available opportunity during rest periods. Later, as Assistant Chief of Staff, G-5, 3d Army, he manifested the same assiduous devotion to duty in organizing schools, conducting necessary inspections, and carrying out the intensive training process.

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  War Department, General Orders No. 70 (1919)
  

Home Town: Columbus, Ohio

Shreeve, Herbert E.

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The President of the United States takes pleasure in presenting the Army Distinguished Service Medal to Herbert E. Shreeve, Lieutenant Colonel (Signal Corps), U.S. Army, for exceptionally meritorious and distinguished services to the Government of the United States, in a duty of great responsibility during World War I. As Officer in Charge of the Division of Research and Inspection of the Signal Corps, in Paris, Lieutenant Colonel Shreeve rendered exceptionally valuable service, resulting in marked improvement in the efficiency of Signal Corps equipment. By his exact scientific knowledge and inventive genius he assisted in solving problems arising both at the front and in the Services of Supply.

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  War Department, General Orders No. 59 (1919)
  

Home Town: Wyoming, New Jersey

Shuman, John B.

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The President of the United States takes pleasure in presenting the Army Distinguished Service Medal to John B. Shuman, Colonel (Infantry), U.S. Army, for exceptionally meritorious and distinguished services to the Government of the United States, in a duty of great responsibility during World War I. In the Adjutant General's Department during the war and the demobilization period, Colonel Shuman's unusual initiative and splendid judgment contributed in a large measure to the successful handling of the commissioned personnel of the Army. He rendered services of great worth.

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  War Department, General Orders No. 3 (1922)
  

Home Town: La Crosse, Wisconsin

Sibert, William L.

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The President of the United States takes pleasure in presenting the Army Distinguished Service Medal to William L. Sibert, Major General, U.S. Army, for exceptionally meritorious and distinguished services to the Government of the United States, in a duty of great responsibility during World War I, in the organization and administration of the Chemical Warfare Service, contributory to the successful prosecution of the war.

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  War Department, General Orders No. 18 (1919)
  

Home Town: Gadsden, Alabama

*Sigerfoos, Edward

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The President of the United States takes pride in presenting the Army Distinguished Service Medal (Posthumously) to Edward Sigerfoos, Brigadier General, U.S. Army, for exceptionally meritorious and distinguished services to the Government of the United States, in a duty of great responsibility during World War I. General Sigerfoos organized the Army School of the Line at Langres, and as its Commandant, displayed unceasing energy and marked military and executive ability in directing its activities. Through the thorough instruction furnished by this school, he contributed materially to the combat efficiency of the line troops, thereby rendering services of inestimable value to the American Expeditionary Forces.

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  War Department, General Orders No. 103 (1919)
  

Home Town: Arcanum, Ohio

Siler, Joseph F.

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The President of the United States takes pleasure in presenting the Army Distinguished Service Medal to Joseph F. Siler, Colonel (Medical Corps), U.S. Army, for exceptionally meritorious and distinguished services to the Government of the United States, in a duty of great responsibility during World War I. Colonel Siler has been in charge of the Laboratory Service of the American Expeditionary Forces. Due to his untiring zeal and high professional attainments, he has been able to render invaluable service in the prevention of the spread of infectious disease among our troops. Under his able instructions, medical officers were sent out equipped to handle the new medical and surgical problems of war in a manner not believed possible before the present war.

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  War Department, General Orders No. 59 (1922)
  

Home Town: Opelika, Alabama

Simmons, George H.

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The President of the United States takes pleasure in presenting the Army Distinguished Service Medal to George H. Simmons, Major (Medical Corps), U.S. Army, for exceptionally meritorious and distinguished services to the Government of the United States, in a duty of great responsibility during World War I, while serving with the Medical Section, Officer's Reserve Corps. By his thorough knowledge of the medical profession and by his great esteem therein, together with his whole-hearted devotion to his task, Major Simmons rendered services of a signal worth in the procurement of physicians and surgeons for the Medical Corps of the Army and in his able advising of the War Department upon the qualifications of that great body of the medical profession who entered the Army.

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  War Department, General Orders No. 3 (1922)
  

Home Town: Chicago, Illinois

Simonds, George S.

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The President of the United States takes pleasure in presenting the Army Distinguished Service Medal to George S. Simonds, Brigadier General, U.S. Army, for exceptionally meritorious and distinguished services to the Government of the United States, in a duty of great responsibility during World War I. General Simonds served with marked distinction as Chief of Staff of the 2d Army Corps during the important operations along the Hindenburg line in the region of the Sambre Canal. His great administrative ability was shown in the excellent manner in which he handled a large force of American soldiers serving with the British.

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  War Department, General Orders No. 59 (1919)
  

Home Town: Cresco, Iowa

Simpson, John R.

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The President of the United States takes pleasure in presenting the Army Distinguished Service Medal to John R. Simpson, Colonel (Ordnance Corps), U.S. Army, for exceptionally meritorious and distinguished services to the Government of the United States, in a duty of great responsibility during World War I. While on duty in the Office of the Chief Ordnance Officer, American Expeditionary Forces, in connection with the requirements and procurement of ordnance supplies, by his accurate forecasting and energetic following up of deliveries, Colonel Simpson secured an adequate and uninterrupted flow of ordnance material for the American Expeditionary Forces.

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  War Department, General Orders No. 56 (1921)
  

Home Town: Newton, Massachusetts

Simpson, William H.

(First Award)

The President of the United States takes pleasure in presenting the Army Distinguished Service Medal to William H. Simpson, Lieutenant Colonel (Infantry), U.S. Army, for exceptionally meritorious and distinguished services to the Government of the United States, in a duty of great responsibility during World War I, as Assistant Chief of Staff, 33d Division, during the Meuse-Argonne offensive and later as Chief of Staff of this division.

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  War Department, General Orders No. 59 (1921)
  

Home Town: Aledo, Texas

Singleton, Asa L.

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The President of the United States takes pleasure in presenting the Army Distinguished Service Medal to Asa L. Singleton, Colonel (Infantry), U.S. Army, for exceptionally meritorious and distinguished services to the Government of the United States, in a duty of great responsibility during World War I. As Chief of Staff of Base Section No. 5, Colonel Singleton displayed exceptional administrative ability. The excellent results obtained in evacuating over 700,000 men through the Port of Brest are due in no small measure to the efficient organization created by him. He has rendered services of signal worth to the American Expeditionary Forces.

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  War Department, General Orders No. 126 (1919)
  

Home Town: Fort Valley, Georgia

Sinnott, Catherine G.

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The President of the United States takes pleasure in presenting the Army Distinguished Service Medal to Catherine G. Sinnott, Second Lieutenant, U.S. Army Nurse Corps, for exceptionally meritorious and distinguished services to the Government of the United States, in a duty of great responsibility during World War I. As Chief Nurse of Camp Hospital No. 28, France, during the World War, Second Lieutenant Sinnott exhibited marked efficiency and administrative ability. Later, as Chief

Nurse at the Nurses' Concentration Camp at Savenay, France, she managed the affairs of nearly a thousand nurses with exceptional tact, industry, and good judgment. She performed the unusual duties assigned to her in a way not only to facilitate greatly the embarkation of nurses, but to maintain a high state of morale and efficient organization among them. She rendered a conspicuously worthy service to the American Expeditionary Forces. Her splendid leadership, tireless energy, and unselfish devotion to duty were an inspiration to all who came in contact with her.

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  War Department, General Orders No. 9 (1923)
  

Home Town: Nashville, Tennessee

Skinner, George A.

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The President of the United States takes pleasure in presenting the Army Distinguished Service Medal to George A. Skinner, Colonel (Medical Corps), U.S. Army, for exceptionally meritorious and distinguished services to the Government of the United States, in a duty of great responsibility during World War I. Colonel Skinner organized and commanded a hospital center of 20,000 beds at Mars, France. Due to his great force and ability, a hospital group was prepared for the care of the sick and wounded during the St. Mihiel and Meuse-Argonne offensives, when the need of hospital beds was critical. This adequate and efficient hospitalization contributed materially to the conservation of man power and to the subsequent success of our force.

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  War Department, General Orders No. 38 (1922)
  

Home Town: St. Paul, Minnesota

Slade, George T.

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The President of the United States takes pleasure in presenting the Army Distinguished Service Medal to George T. Slade, Colonel (Transportation Corps), U.S. Army, for exceptionally meritorious and distinguished services to the Government of the United States, in a duty of great responsibility during World War I. Colonel Slade served with marked distinction as Deputy Director General of Transportation, first with the French ministry and later with the Railroad Department in the zone of the Services of Supply. Due to his tactful negotiations and zealous efforts, the Transportation Department secured efficient cooperation with the French railroads and was enabled to meet the tremendous demands imposed upon it by the rapid advance of our armies during the Meuse-Argonne battles.

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  War Department, General Orders No. 50 (1919)
  

Home Town: St. Paul, Minnesota

Sladen, Fred W.

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The President of the United States takes pleasure in presenting the Army Distinguished Service Medal to Fred W. Sladen, Brigadier General, U.S. Army, for exceptionally meritorious and distinguished services to the Government of the United States, in a duty of great responsibility during World War I. While Commanding the 5th Infantry Brigade, 3d Division, in the Battle of the Marne in July and in the Argonne operations in France, in October 1918, General Sladen demonstrated conspicuous qualities of ability and leadership. The successes that attended the operations of his brigade were influenced greatly by his energy, skill, and courage as a commander.

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  War Department, General Orders No. 59 (1919)
  

Home Town: Omaha, Nebraska