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 Giuseppe Spadafora (ASN: 1784205), United States Army, for extraordinary heroism in action while serving with Headquarters Company, 315th Infantry Regiment, 79th Division, American Expeditionary Forces, near Montfaucon, France, 29 September 1918. Private Spadafora was helping to remove a great many wounded men from a dressing station to a place of comparative safety, when a heavy enemy bombardment began. He forced four German prisoners to assist him and repeatedly entered the heavily shelled area, bringing out wounded men.