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 Sergeant Paul J. Bonack (ASN: 275139), United States Army, for extraordinary heroism in action while serving with Company L, 127th Infantry Regiment, 32d Division, American Expeditionary Forces, near Juvigny, France, 30 August 1918. When his company was stopped by a concealed machine-gun nest, Sergeant Bonack ascertained its position and courageously attacked it., single-handed, upon his how initiative, killing the crew and enabling his company to continue the advance.