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 Corporal Kenneth M. McCann (ASN: 1201080), United States Army, for extraordinary heroism in action while serving with Company C, 102d Field Signal Battalion, 27th Division, American Expeditionary Forces, near Mount Kemmel, Belgium, August 29 – 31, 1918. Corporal McCann, a signalman, worked continuously for 72 hours without relief through repeated gas bombardments. When the forward lines were cut by shell fire, he personally directed the running of a new line under a heavy shell and machine-gun fire.