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 Thomas Henry Davis (ASN: 1799330), United States Army, for extraordinary heroism in action while serving with Sanitary Detachment, 368th Infantry Regiment (Attached), 92d Division, American Expeditionary Forces, at Binarville, France, 30 September 1918. Private Davis, with an officer and another soldier, voluntarily left shelter and crossed an open space 50 yards wide swept by shell and machine-gun fire to rescue a wounded soldier, whom they carried to a place of safety.