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 (Infantry) Donald R. McIntyre, United States Army, for extraordinary heroism in action while serving with Company E, 310th Infantry Regiment, 78th Division, American Expeditionary Forces, near Thiaucourt, France, 18 September 1918. Seeing one of his men lying wounded in a shell hole in front of his main line, Lieutenant McIntyre passed through an intense barrage to his aid. Having bandaged his wounds, he brought back his mate to a place of safety.