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 Carl S. Lund (ASN: 109549), United States Army, for extraordinary heroism in action while serving with 102d Machine-Gun Battalion, 26th Division, American Expeditionary Forces, near Mouilly, France, 12 September 1918. At great risk of his own life from machine-gun fire at close range, Private Lund volunteered and went to the aid of a wounded comrade, bandaged his wounds, and helped him to a place of safety.