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 First Lieutenant (Infantry) Howard W. Arnold, United States Army, for extraordinary heroism in action while serving with 165th Infantry Regiment, 42d Division, American Expeditionary Forces, at Villers-sur-Fere, France, 28 July 1918. With complete disregard for his own safety, First Lieutenant Arnold left the shelter of a shallow trench and, in full view of the enemy, crossed a field swept by a hail of enemy machine-gun and rifle fire to warn his company commander of a strong enemy force which threatened to isolate the companies holding the advanced position. Although warned by his company commander of his danger, he calmly returned to his platoon’s position under the hottest enemy fire. As he was about to enter a place of shelter, he was killed by enemy fire.