The President of the United States of America, authorized by Act of Congress, July 9, 1918, takes pride in presenting the Distinguished Service Cross (Posthumously) to Second Lieutenant (Infantry) Donald W. White, United States Army, for extraordinary heroism in action while serving with 23d Infantry Regiment, 2d Division, American Expeditionary Forces, near Landres et St. Georges, France, 1 November 1918. When the advance of his battalion was hindered by a strong enemy machine-gun nest, Lieutenant White led his platoon forward in an attack on the hostile position and was killed at the head of his platoon just before the last machine-gun was put out of action.