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 Sergeant Samuel E. Casaga (ASN: 1390334), United States Army, for extraordinary heroism in action while serving with Company A, 132d Infantry Regiment, 33d Division, American Expeditionary Forces, at St. Maurice, France, 4 November 1918. Sergeant Casaga was a member of a patrol which was stopped on the edge of a wood by enemy machine-gun fire. While his comrades returned the fire, he crawled to the flank of the enemy’s position, disregarding the machine-gun fire, and single-handed, captured a prisoner, whom he brought back to our lines.