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 First Lieutenant (Infantry) Floyd L. Cunningham, United States Army, for extraordinary heroism in action while serving with 116th Infantry Regiment, 29th Division, American Expeditionary Forces, near Brabant, France, 8 October 1918. Lieutenant Cunningham displayed rare courage in voluntarily going to the assistance of a wounded comrade, under heavy machine-gun and shell fire.