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 Battalion Sergeant Major Herald E. Bolin (ASN: 2262490), United States Army, for extraordinary heroism in action while serving with Headquarters Company, 363d Infantry Regiment, 91st Division, American Expeditionary Forces, at Waereghem, Belgium, 31 October 1918. A wounded soldier was lying in an exposed position. Sergeant Major Bolin started to go to the former’s assistance, and as he did so was knocked down by a bullet which struck him in the hip. He nevertheless continued on in the face of the dangerous fire and succeeded in moving his wounded comrade to shelter before attending to his own wound. Although he was suffering intense pain, he refused to go to the rear, but remained constantly at his post under artillery and machine-gun fire, having been on strenuous duty and without sleep for two days.