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 Mike Curti (ASN: 3142771), United States Army, for extraordinary heroism in action while serving with Company F, 127th Infantry Regiment, 32d Division, American Expeditionary Forces, near Gesnes, France, 4 October 1918. Private Curti, a litter bearer, went out alone in front of the lines several times under the severest of fire, and carried back wounded men from an exposed area, from which his company had been forced to withdraw.