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 Joseph F. Farkas (ASN: 50381), United States Army, for extraordinary heroism in action while serving with Company E, 23d Infantry Regiment, 2d Division, American Expeditionary Forces, near Thiaucourt, France, 12 September 1918. As Sergeant Farkas was leading his platoon in an attack on a machine-gun nest, a bullet struck him in the eye, destroying its sight. Despite this agonizing wound he continued in advance and put the enemy machine-gun nest out of action, refusing to seek medical aid until the success of his platoon’s mission had been assured, more than an hour and a half later.