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 Sergeant Colin B. Joe (ASN: 51680), United States Army, for extraordinary heroism in action while serving with Company K, 23d Infantry Regiment, 2d Division, American Expeditionary Forces, in the Meuse-Argonne offensive, 1 November and 5 November 1918. With complete disregard of his own danger, Sergeant Joe went forward alone, when the advance was held up by two machine-gun nests, and, single-handed, reduced these positions, capturing nine prisoners. Later, he single-handed attacked the crews of three machine guns, being severely wounded in this action.