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 Oliver Anderson (ASN: 2261510), United States Army, for extraordinary heroism in action while serving with Company L, 362d Infantry Regiment, 91st Division, American Expeditionary Forces, near Steenbrugge, Belgium, 31 October 1918. Sergeant Anderson, with two other soldiers, attacked a strong machine-gun position from which a destructive fire had been poured into his platoon and the platoon of the flank company, wounding his lieutenant, the platoon sergeant, and many others. They drove the machine gunners from the position, thereby enabling the line to continue the advance.