Distinguished Service Cross (USA) Guide, Meaning , Facts, Information and Description

The United States Distinguished Service Cross (DSC) is a military medal for gallantry awarded to a person serving with the U.S. Army. The medal is awarded for a distinguished act of heroism that does not merit the Medal of Honor but that involves exceptional risk of life. The DSC is the Army's equivalent of the Navy Cross and the Air Force Cross.

During World War I, General John J. Pershing, commander of the American Expeditionary Force in France, identified the need in the army for a lesser award than the Medal of Honor that recognised acts of bravery.

The award was introduced on January 1918 by President Woodrow Wilson.

The original medal was designed by Lieutenant Aymar E. Embry of the U.S Engineers Officer Reserve Corps, whose designed was subsequently embellished. One hundred medals using the original design were produced to meet the immediate demand. This first batch of medals were ultimately replaced when the final design reached production.

An award of the Distinguished Service Cross entitled an enlisted recipient with more than 20 years of service to a 10% increase in their retirement pay.

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Description

• Shape: Uniform cross
• Material: Bronze
• Dimensions: Two inches (51 mm) in height, 1 13/16 inches (46 mm) in width
• Features: An eagle in the center with a scroll beneath reading FOR VALOR
• Ribbon: Imperial Blue in the center with stripes of white and Old Glory Red on the edges

The name of the recipient is engraved on the rear of the cross, encircled by a wreath.

External links

Distinguished Service Cross

See Also

Awards and decorations of the United States military

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