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 Corporal Albert J. Considine (ASN: 62602), United States Army, for extraordinary heroism in action while serving with Headquarters Company, 101st Infantry Regiment, 26th Division, American Expeditionary Forces, near Vaux, France, 13 July 1918. Leaving a place of safety Corporal Considine voluntarily dashed through a dense enemy barrage to the rescue of comrades who were entombed in a signal station which had been demolished by shellfire. Despite the continuing enemy fire, he dug away the ruins, rescued the wounded, and assisted them to first aid.