Major General John Huston Church (June 28, 1892 – November 3, 1953) was a senior officer in the United States Army.

[3] The citation for his DSC reads: 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 Second Lieutenant (Infantry) John Huston Church, United States Army, for extraordinary heroism in action while serving with 28th Infantry Regiment, 1st Division, A.E.F., at Cantigny, France, May 28 - 31, 1918.

Knocked down and rendered unconscious by the explosion of a shell early in the attack, Second Lieutenant Church staggered forward as soon as he regained consciousness and insisted upon resuming command, thereby giving a striking example of fortitude to his men.The Silver Star citation reads: The President of the United States of America, authorized by Act of Congress July 9, 1918, takes pleasure in presenting the Silver Star to Second Lieutenant (Infantry) John Huston Church, United States Army, for gallantry in action while serving with the 28th Infantry, 1st Division, American Expeditionary Forces, in action during the operations connected with the capture and defense of Cantigny, France, 27 to 31 May 1918.

[1] After the United States entered World War II in December 1941, Church was appointed chief of staff, of the 45th Infantry Division.

Despite his efforts, Seoul was captured by the North Koreans on 28 June and Church recommended the deployment of at least two combat teams of U.S. personnel to help stabilise the situation.

Finally, Church, by now promoted to major general, was able to regroup his men and by 18 August had largely destroyed the North Korean division, with the help of a brigade of marines.

[14][15] For his actions during a skirmish in September, he was awarded another Silver Star: The President of the United States of America, authorized by Act of Congress July 9, 1918, takes pleasure in presenting a Bronze Oak Leaf Cluster in lieu of a Second Award of the Silver Star to Major General John Huston Church, United States Army, for gallantry in action as Commanding General, 24th Infantry Division, during the Naktong River crossing 19 September 1950.

General Church with utter disregard for his own life, went to the Naktong crossing site encouraging his men and reorganizing them to speed the operation.

His personal direction immeasurably aided the successful crossing and set an inspiring example to his men, encouraging them to greater effort.Frail, and suffering from arthritis,[5] Church remained in command of the 24th until January 25, 1951.

His health meant that he was not often in the field and Lieutenant General Matthew Ridgway, commander of the U.S. Eighth Army following the death of Walker in December 1950, considered this was detrimental to the state of the division.

The singularly distinctive accomplishments of General Church and his dedicated contributions in the service of his country reflect the highest credit upon himself and the United States Army.Church subsequently was appointed commandant of the U.S. Army Infantry School at Fort Benning, Georgia[19] and served in that capacity until his retirement from the military in June 1952.