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 Sergeant Otis Clinton Scoby (ASN: 915416), United States Army, for extraordinary heroism in action while serving with Company F, 7th Engineers, 5th Division, American Expeditionary Forces, near Brieulles, France, November 2 – 4, 1918. While making a daylight reconnaissance of the Canal Est, Sergeant Scoby was at all times in full view of the enemy’s snipers and machine-guns. Unmindful of the danger, he continued on to the successful accomplishment of his mission. On the morning of November 4 he aided materially in the construction of a pontoon bridge across the Canal Est, under heavy shell fire, thus enabling the infantry to cross and capture commanding heights on the east bank of the Meuse.