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 Corporal James B. Farmer (ASN: 1289744), United States Army, for extraordinary heroism in action while serving with Company L, 128th Infantry Regiment, 32d Division, American Expeditionary Forces, near Soissons, France, 30 August, 1918, and in the Argonne sector, France, 8 October 1918. Secretary Farmer voluntarily established an advanced dressing station under enemy machine-gun and artillery fire. He continued to render first aid until forced back by a threatened counterattack, at which time he personally assisted two seriously wounded men to the First Aid Station, then returning to the line and remaining with the unit until it was relieved.