Gen. John J. Pershing decorating Maj. Richard Smith, 117th Field Signal Battalion (formerly 1st Field Signal Battalion, Missouri National Guard), 42nd Division, with a Distinguished Service Cross for bravery at Manonviller, Luniville sector.
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Gen. John J. Pershing decorating Maj. Richard Smith, 117th Field Signal Battalion (formerly 1st Field Signal Battalion, Missouri National Guard), 42nd Division, with a Distinguished Service Cross for bravery at Manonviller, Luniville sector.
He is the first officer in the division to win the D.S.C., Bulligny, France
September 7, 1918
Gelatin silver print
Image: 19.5 x 24 cm
Overall: 20.6 x 25.1 cm
Gift of U.S. Armed Forces
2012.0491.0019
Inscriptions recto (printed through from negative): 23729 / Signal Corps / USA
verso (mimeographed): SC 23729 [title]
verso (mimeographed): Please Credit / U.S. Army Photograph / The National Military Establishment has no objection to the use of this photograph in commercial advertisement, provided copy and layout are submitted to the SECURITY REVIEW BRANCH OFFICE OF PUBLIC INFORMATION, NATIONAL MILITARY ESTABLISHMENT, THE PENTAGON, WASHINGTON 25, D.C. and written permission is obtained.
verso (mimeographed): George Eastman House, Inc.
verso (stamp): x 195
verso (pencil): 295
verso (mimeographed): SC 23729 [title]
verso (mimeographed): Please Credit / U.S. Army Photograph / The National Military Establishment has no objection to the use of this photograph in commercial advertisement, provided copy and layout are submitted to the SECURITY REVIEW BRANCH OFFICE OF PUBLIC INFORMATION, NATIONAL MILITARY ESTABLISHMENT, THE PENTAGON, WASHINGTON 25, D.C. and written permission is obtained.
verso (mimeographed): George Eastman House, Inc.
verso (stamp): x 195
verso (pencil): 295
