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 Russell Pollard (ASN: 1967745), United States Army, for extraordinary heroism in action while serving with Company H, 365th Infantry Regiment, 92d Division, American Expeditionary Forces, near Bois-Frehaut, France, 10 November 1918. During the assault on Bois Frehaut, Corporal Pollard, a rifle grenadier, conducted his squad skillfully in firing on hostile machine-guns until his rifle was broken. He then used his wire-cutter with, speed and skill under heavy shell and machine-gun fire, and although wounded in his right arm he continued to cut the wire with his left hand, and assisted his men in getting through it until ordered to the dressing station a second time by his company commander.