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 Julius Aaronson (ASN: 1811631), United States Army, for extraordinary heroism in action while serving with Company K, 148th Infantry Regiment, 37th Division, American Expeditionary Forces, near Apremont, France, 7 October 1918. When his company was suddenly fired upon by enemy machine guns during an advance and forced to seek shelter Private Aaronson remained in the open under a continuous shower of machine-gun bullets, caring for eight wounded men, dressing their wounds and securing their evacuation.

The President of the United States of America, authorized by Act of Congress, July 9, 1918, takes pleasure in presenting a Bronze Oak Leaf Cluster in lieu of a Second Award of the Distinguished Service Cross to Private Julius Aaronson (ASN: 1811631), United States Army, for extraordinary heroism in action while serving with Company G, 109th Infantry Regiment, 28th Division, American Expeditionary Forces, near Apremont, France, on 7 October 1918. Private Aaronson is awarded one bar to be worn with the Distinguished Service Cross. Having become separated from his company and wounded by a bullet which pierced his helmet, Private Aaronson advanced alone on a machine-gun nest across an open field in broad daylight, killed the gunner and captured two of the crew, whom he pressed into the service of carrying wounded.