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 Captain (Infantry) Arthur W. Bradbury, United States Army, for extraordinary heroism in action while serving with 362d Infantry Regiment, 91st Division, American Expeditionary Forces, near Gesnes, France, 29 September 1918. Severely wounded while his battalion was attacking Gesnes, Captain Bradbury refused to be evacuated. Though unable to walk, he remained in active command of his battalion during a critical period of the engagement, until the objective had been gained, his own battalion and the one on his left reorganized, the occupied position consolidated, and food and water procured for his men.