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 Second Lieutenant (Armor) Alfred Blake Maury, United States Army, for extraordinary heroism in action while serving with 301st Tank Battalion, Tank Corps, American Expeditionary Forces, near l’Arbre-de-Guise, France, October. 17, 1918. Although his motor was running poorly and his tank crew badly gassed, Lieutenant Maury captured a German battery with his gun crews and turned them over to the infantry. A little later his motor stopped completely, but he soon located another tank whose crew was badly gassed. He transferred his ammunition and crew to the new tank and continued in the advance of our infantry to the objective.