1892-1962
Captain (Doctor) Otto L. H. Hine, Muskogee, Oklahoma, received the Distinguished Service Cross during the Meuse Argonne Offensive of World War I while with the Medical Detachment, 139th Infantry Regiment, 35th Infantry Division. Trained as a dentist, he volunteered when World War I broke out in 1917. He was in charge of an aid station at Chaudron Farm, France. When the 139th Infantry withdrew leaving the aid station exposed to German artillery fire, he went behind the lines to secure artillery counterfire, then returned to the aid station to assist in the successful evacuation of his 94 patients. During that time, he required treatment for exposure to mustard gas. After some Post-World War I service, he returned to dental practice in Oklahoma.