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 Corporal Eddie Carey (ASN: 68658), United States Army, for extraordinary heroism in action while serving with Company H, 103d Infantry Regiment, 26th Division, American Expeditionary Forces, near Bois-de-St. Remy, France, 12 September 1918. When his platoon was forced to halt by enemy machine-gun fire, Corporal Carey crawled forward with an automatic rifle under machine-gun fire, opened fire on the enemy’s position, killed two of the Germans, and captured the gun.