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 Distinguished Service Cross to Private Julius Aaronson (ASN: 1811631), United States Army, for extraordinary heroism in action while serving with Company G, 109th Infantry Regiment, 28th Division, American Expeditionary Forces, near Apremont, France, on 7 October 1918. Private Aaronson is awarded one bar to be worn with the Distinguished Service Cross. Having become separated from his company and wounded by a bullet which pierced his helmet, Private Aaronson advanced alone on a machine-gun nest across an open field in broad daylight, killed the gunner and captured two of the crew, whom he pressed into the service of carrying wounded.