The President of the United States of America, authorized by Act of Congress, July 9, 1918, takes pride in presenting the Distinguished Service Cross (Posthumously) to First Lieutenant (Infantry) Philip Rolla Colebank, United States Army, for extraordinary heroism in action while serving with 147th Infantry Regiment, 37th Division, American Expeditionary Forces, near Ivoiry, France, 29 September 1918. First Lieutenant Colebank, with two soldiers went out in the face of heavy machine-gun and artillery fire to bring in a wounded soldier. As they reached the wounded man a shell burst, killing him instantly.