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 Cook Edward Frank Evans, United States Army, for extraordinary heroism while serving with Company F, 27th Infantry, 33d Division, A.E.F. (Siberia), in action in the vicinity of Kraefski, Siberia, 12 June 1919. When his detachment was attacked by a superior force of the enemy Cook Evans took up a position alone on the thatched roof of a shed on the flank of his platoon, from which, owing to his calmness and excellent marksmanship, he successfully broke up a flanking party of the enemy by killing and wounding seven of them, thus preventing his detachment from being cut off or from suffering serious casualties.