Major - Corps of Engineers. Veteran of World War I. Recipient of the Distinguished Service Cross. Citation: The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Daniel D. Pullen, Lieutenant Colonel, U. S. Army (Tank Corps, A.E.F.), for extraordinary heroism in action in the Bois-de-Cuisy, France, September 26, 1918. Colonel Pullen displayed conspicuous gallantry and leadership in directing a tank attack on the Bois-de-Cuisy, after which he rallied a force of disorganized infantry, leading it forward in the face of violent machine-gun fire, and occupying the ground which had been taken by the tanks.
General Orders No. 133, W.D. 1918
Hometown: Skagway, Alaska
General Orders No. 133, W.D. 1918
Hometown: Skagway, Alaska
Major - Corps of Engineers. Veteran of World War I. Recipient of the Distinguished Service Cross. Citation: The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Daniel D. Pullen, Lieutenant Colonel, U. S. Army (Tank Corps, A.E.F.), for extraordinary heroism in action in the Bois-de-Cuisy, France, September 26, 1918. Colonel Pullen displayed conspicuous gallantry and leadership in directing a tank attack on the Bois-de-Cuisy, after which he rallied a force of disorganized infantry, leading it forward in the face of violent machine-gun fire, and occupying the ground which had been taken by the tanks.
General Orders No. 133, W.D. 1918
Hometown: Skagway, Alaska
General Orders No. 133, W.D. 1918
Hometown: Skagway, Alaska
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