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 Private James S. Adams (ASN: 2410107), United States Army, for extraordinary heroism in action while serving with Company M, 310th Infantry Regiment, 78th Division, American Expeditionary Forces, at Mon Plaisir Farm, north of Thiaucourt, France, 22 September 1918. Disregarding his own personal safety, Private Adams went to an open field, swept by heavy machine-gun fire, to the assistance of an officer who had been wounded during the withdrawal of his company from a raid. He bandaged the officer’s wound and carried him to shelter, thereby saving the officer’s life.