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 Second Lieutenant (Infantry) Eliot Avery Carter, United States Army, for extraordinary heroism in action while serving with 103d Infantry Regiment, 26th Division, American Expeditionary Forces, near Bois-de-St. Remy, France, 12 September 1918. Advancing against greatly superior numbers of the enemy, Lieutenant Carter was painfully wounded. He refused evacuation until his objective was reached, and during the combat captured or killed more than 60 of the enemy.