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 Harold R. Johnson (ASN: 135610), United States Army, for extraordinary heroism in action while serving with Headquarters Company, 102d Field Artillery, 26th Division, American Expeditionary Forces, near Seicheprey, France, on 20 April 1918, when, although wounded in the arm and leg, Private Johnson continued, while under heavy shell fire, to repair the telephone lines, and succeeded in reestablishing communications.