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 Arthur John Young (ASN: 795010), United States Army, for extraordinary heroism in action while serving with Medical Detachment, 6th Infantry Regiment (Attached), 5th Division, American Expeditionary Forces, near Romagne, France, 16 October 1918. Although wounded by a machine-gun bullet, Private Young carried four comrades to a shell hole through terrific shell and machine-gun fire and dressed their wounds. He then carried them to a place of safety in the rear of our lines.