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 Leo N. McBreen (ASN: 2057707), United States Army, for extraordinary heroism in action while serving with Company M, 131st Infantry Regiment, 33d Division, American Expeditionary Forces, in Meuse-Argonne, France. 26 September 1918. With three other soldiers, Private McBreen crawled across an open field for two hundred yards, subjected the while to intense artillery and machine-gun fire, to execute a flank attack upon three machine-gun emplacements which were holding up our advance. The enemy positions were silenced, seven of the crew being killed and 23 made prisoners.