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 Supply Sergeant Harold B. Anthony (ASN: 2260112), United States Army, for extraordinary heroism in action while serving with Company D, 362d Infantry Regiment, 91st Division, American Expeditionary Forces, at Bois-de-Very, France, 26 September 1918. Sergeant Anthony, while leading a small detachment operating on the flank of his company, suddenly came under heavy machine-gun fire. Alone he crawled up close to the machine-gun and, attacking it, killed all four of the gunners. He advanced to the nest to see the result of his work, and brought the gun back. He carried it for an hour, but was forced to discard it because of its great weight. Again at Epinonville, France, 29 September 1918, the company was held up by machine-gun fire from front and flank. Sergeant Anthony spotted the machine-gun nest. While attempting to reach an automatic squad to point out the hostile gun he was killed by the machine-gun fire.