Congressional Medal of Honor THE DISTINGUISHED SERVICE CROSS AND THE DISTINGUISHED SERVICE MEDAL ISSUED BY THE WAR DEPARTMENT, Since April 6, 1917 Up to and including General Orders, No. 126, War Department, November 11,1919 COMPILED IN THE OFFICE OF THE ADJUTANT GENERAL OF THE ARMY, 1919 Lancaster County, South Carolina Genealogy Trails Transcribed by Dena Whitesell Elliott White Springs, first lieutenant, 148th Aero Squadron, Air Service.  For extraordinary heroism in action near Bapaume, France, August 22, 1918.  Attacking three enemy planes (type Fokker) who were driving on one of our planes, Lieut. Springs, after a short and skillful flight, drove off two of the enemy and shot down the third. On the same day he attacked a formation of five enemy planes (type Fokker) and, after shooting down one plane, was forced to retire because of lack of ammunition. Residence at appointment: Lancaster, S.C. Back to Lancaster County, South Carolina Genealogy Trails Copyright © Genealogy Trails All Rights Reserved with Full Rights Reserved for Original Contributor This is a FREE website. If you were directed here through a link for which you paid $ for, you can access much more FREE data via our South Carolina index page at http://www.genealogytrails.com/scar/index.html Also make sure to visit our main Genealogy Trails History Group website at http://genealogytrails.com for much more nationwide historical/genealogical data and access to other state/county data