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 Edward G. Best (ASN: 1697579), United States Army, for extraordinary heroism in action while serving with Company E, 305th Infantry Regiment, 77th Division, American Expeditionary Forces, in the Forest of Argonne, France, 3 October 1918. During an attack on a series of strong enemy machine-gun nests, Private Best took charge of company liaison and voluntarily carried messages to all the platoons of the company, exposing himself fearlessly to sweeping machine-gun fire.