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 Carr M. Thomas (ASN: 128384), United States Army, for extraordinary heroism in action while serving with Battery A, 12th Field Artillery, 2d Division, American Expeditionary Forces, near Chateau-Thierry, France, July 21 – 23, 1918. With another soldier Sergeant Thomas voluntarily crossed an area swept by shell and machine-gun fire to establish liaison with the infantry, obtaining valuable information for the battery commander. Two days later, after working in an observatory under constant shell fire, this soldier was wounded, but he refused first aid until other men had been cared for, and went to the rear only upon being ordered to do so.