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 Private First Class Edmund Coolidge (ASN: 9984), United States Army, for extraordinary heroism in action while serving with Headquarters Company, 101st Infantry Regiment, 26th Division, American Expeditionary Forces, near Belleau Bois France, 23 October 1918. Private First Class Coolidge left shelter and exposed himself to intense machine-gun fire, when he saw a soldier lying wounded in advance of our lines. He reached the wounded man despite the enemy fire, and dragged him back to a place of safety.