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 Anthony Savitsky (ASN: 155709), United States Army, for extraordinary heroism in action while serving with Company A, 1st Engineers, 1st Division, American Expeditionary Forces, near Verdun, France, 9 October 1918. Upon his own initiative, Corporal Savitsky led his squad in the face of heavy machine-gun fire, in order to silence enemy machine guns which were endangering our position. Through his skill and courage several machine-gun nests were surrounded and silenced and twenty prisoners captured.