Distinguished Service Cross

The Distinguished Service Cross is the lineal descendant of the "Certificate of Merit," a diploma awarded for valor first issued in the 1840s.

StrategyPage.com 2010

The Distinguished Service Cross is the lineal descendant of the "Certificate of Merit," a diploma awarded for valor first issued in the 1840s.

StrategyPage.com 2010

Mr. Hajiro, who was shot in the shoulder and wrist and barred from further combat duty, originally received a Distinguished Service Cross, the Army's second-highest award for combat valor.

Barney F. Hajiro, Medal of Honor recipient, dies at 94 Dennis McLellan 2011

Mr. Winters later called the action "my apogee" and received the Distinguished Service Cross.

D-Day Paratrooper Was Immortalized in 'Band of Brothers' Stephen Miller 2011

A charismatic officer who led by example, Mr. Winters received the Distinguished Service Cross, the country's second highest decoration for valor, while conducting combat operations on D-Day.

Dick Winters dies; WWII hero commanded 'Band of Brothers' T. Rees Shapiro 2011

Instead of the Medal of Honor, Pershing approved another second highest decoration, an Oak Leaf Cluster for the Distinguished Service Cross he had earned at Ourcq River.

Wild Bill Donovan Douglas Waller 2011

Hailing from a poor Catholic neighborhood in Buffalo, N.Y., Donovan 1883-1959 won early renown as the most-decorated officer of World War I, earning the Distinguished Service Cross, the Distinguished Service Medal with two oak-leaf clusters, two Purple Hearts and the Congressional Medal of Honor.

The Spymaster's Spymaster Andrew Roberts 2011

Instead of the Medal of Honor, Pershing approved another second highest decoration, an Oak Leaf Cluster for the Distinguished Service Cross he had earned at Ourcq River.

Wild Bill Donovan Douglas Waller 2011

In 1996, long after his death, Johnson finally received the Purple Heart and, in 2003, Schumer helped obtain the Distinguished Service Cross for Johnson.

Dorian de Wind: Medal of Honor for a Black World War I Hero? Dorian de Wind 2011

Years after his World War II service, he was walking down the street in his uniform when a white colonel attempted to strip the Distinguished Service Cross off Lt. Baker's chest.

Lasting Valor 2010