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 Frank C. Littlefield (ASN: 1910940), United States Army, for extraordinary heroism in action while serving with Company K, 328th Infantry Regiment, 82d Division, American Expeditionary Forces, at Cornay, France, 10 October 1918. Corporal Littlefield was a member of a detachment which had been surrounded by the enemy and had fought for several hours against overwhelming odds. When the officer in charge was about to surrender to the enemy, this soldier refused to do so, and, dashing through severe machine-gun and rifle fire, succeeded in making his escape, though he was wounded in the face in so doing. Reporting to his company without delay, he remained on duty throughout the entire operation.