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 Private Noah Lester Gump (ASN: 914855), United States Army, for extraordinary heroism in action while serving with Company B, 7th Engineers, 5th Division, American Expeditionary Forces, near Brieulles, France, 5 November 1918. When three of the boats supporting a pontoon bridge across the Meuse River were destroyed by artillery fire, Private Gump voluntarily waded into the stream under heavy artillery and machine-gun fire and held up the deck of the bridge until new boats were launched and placed in position.