The President of the United States of America, authorized by Act of Congress, July 9, 1918, takes pride in presenting the Distinguished Service Cross (Posthumously) to Corporal Josiah Broadfoot (ASN: 9280), United States Army, for extraordinary heroism in action while serving with Company B, 244th Tank Battalion, Tank Corps, American Expeditionary Forces, near La Forge Farm, France, 27 September 1918. Corporal. Broadfoot volunteered to drive a tank, and, his services being accepted, he attacked enemy machine-gun nests until his tank was put out of action, destroying several enemy nests which had held up our infantry. He then continued the advance on foot until he was fatally wounded.