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 Rubin L. George (ASN: 2284172), United States Army, for extraordinary heroism in action while serving with Company A, 59th Infantry Regiment, 4th Division, American Expeditionary Forces, near Brieulles, France, 29 September 1918. After his platoon had become badly disorganized under heavy fire, and all the sergeants had been killed or wounded, Corporal George took charge of the platoon, reorganized it with great courage, and initiative, and led it on in the attack against hostile machine guns. He was wounded shortly afterwards, but he remained throughout the night where he had fallen refusing to be evacuated till all the other wounded had been cared for.