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Source: Distinguished Service Cross Citation, http://militarytimes.com/citations-medals-awards/recipient.php?recipientid=16294

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Title Distinguished Service Cross Citation
Publication http://militarytimes.com/citations-medals-awards/recipient.php?recipientid=16294
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Military Service: PFC Homer Atwood Tuley

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Awarded for actions during the Russian Civil War
The President of the United States of America, authorized by Act of Congress, July 9, 1918, takes pleasure in presenting the Distinguished Service Cross to Private First Class Homer A. Tuley, United States Army, for extraordinary heroism while serving with 377th Ambulance Company, 310th Sanitary Train, 339th Infantry (Attached), 85th Division (Detachment in North Russia), in action near Bolshieozerke, Russia, 2 April 1919. Private First Class Tuley went forward some 200 yards in front of our lines into anarea swept by artillery and machine-gun fire to assist in bringing a wounded man to a place of safety.
General Orders: War Department, General Orders No. 19 (1920)
Action Date: 2-Apr-19
Service: Army
Rank: Private First Class
Company: 377th Ambulance Company
Battalion: 310th Sanitary Train
Regiment: 339th Infantry (Attached)
Division: 85th Division (Detachment in North Russia)