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) Herbert Arnold Cohn, United States Army, for extraordinary heroism in action while serving with 39th Infantry Regiment, 4th Division, American Expeditionary Forces, east of Montfaucon, France, 26 September 1918. Lieutenant Cohn led the assault wave forward through heavy machine gun fire in an attack against a strongly defended enemy position. He was forced to pass through barbed-wire entanglements before entering the enemy trenches. While exposing himself to intense machine-gun fire, he was badly wounded, but his command, inspired by his gallant example, gained and held the objective sought.