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 Major (Infantry) Guy S. Brewer, United States Army, for extraordinary heroism in action while serving with 168th Infantry Regiment, 42d Division, American Expeditionary Forces, near St. Mihiel, France, 12 September 1918. Major Brewer personally led the assaulting wave of his battalion at St. Mihiel, continuing to the enemy’s wire, despite the fact that he was wounded by a shell fragment. While directing his men through the wire entanglements his right arm was shattered by a machine-gun bullet, but he remained on the field for more than an hour directing the disposition of his forces and giving careful directions to the succeeding commander.