World War I
Sebring spent twenty-two months overseas and thirteen months in combat during World War I, and was twice decorated by the U.S. Army with the Silver Star for exceptional bravery under enemy fire, and also received the Croix de Guerre and Corde de Fourragere from the French government. Sebring was honorably discharged from the Army as a sergeant in 1919.
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