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 (Corps of Engineers) Hugh T. Caywood (ASN: 1467557), United States Army, for extraordinary heroism in action while serving with Company A, 110th Engineers, 35th Division, American Expeditionary Forces, near Cheppy, France, 26 September 1918. While a member of a platoon of wire cutters, Second Lieutenant Caywood, with the assistance of a comrade, attacked and captured an enemy machine-gun nest that was holding up the advance. One officer, six men and two guns were taken, in the face of intense machine-gun fire.