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 First Sergeant Herman L. Bush (ASN: 109458), United States Army, for extraordinary heroism in action while serving with Company B, 102d Machine-Gun Battalion, 26th Division, American Expeditionary Forces, near Verdun, France, 25 October 1918. Sergeant Bush, learning that an officer was lying wounded in both legs in a zone of heavy machine-gun fire, immediately left a position of shelter, went to his aid, and succeeded in bringing the officer back to a place of safety.