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 Harry C. Swift (ASN: 280257), United States Army, for extraordinary heroism in action while serving with Company G, 126th Infantry Regiment, 32d Division, American Expeditionary Forces, near Juvigny, France, 28 August 1918. Private Swift twice volunteered and carried messages across open fields swept by machine-gun fire after other runners had been killed on similar missions. Returning from his second mission, he saw his company commander fall wounded. Passing through heavy machine-gun fire, he went to his rescue and administered first aid, being himself severely wounded.