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 Private First Class Hugh C. Carter (ASN: 1286762), United States Army, for extraordinary heroism in action while serving with Sanitary Detachment, 115th Infantry Regiment (Attached), 29th Division, American Expeditionary Forces, near Verdun, France, October 11 – 17, 1918. On October 11 Private Carter dressed and treated wounded men on the front line under shell fire continuously for two hours. On October 16 he carried a wounded officer on his back, under shell fire, into the first-aid station. On October 17 he directed litter bearers to the front line and helped to evacuate the wounded. All during the drive he went back and forth to the dressing station for bandages and medicine for the wounded, and daily during the attacks he would search the woods for wounded men.