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 Roe Bradley (ASN: 1311167), United States Army, for extraordinary heroism in action while serving with Company F, 118th Infantry Regiment, 30th Division, American Expeditionary Forces, near Brancourt, France, 8 October 1918. When a party of twenty-five of the enemy threatened the advance by machine-gun fire from a sunken road, Private Bradley, who was ahead of the front line, quickly got his automatic rifle into action, and, by well-directed enfilading fire, killed a large number of the enemy, capturing the remainder. His timely act prevented an interruption of the attack.