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 Bugler George Decaire (ASN: 262723), United States Army, for extraordinary heroism in action while serving with Company G, 125th Infantry Regiment, 32d Division, American Expeditionary Forces, near the Ourcq River, France, 31 July 1918. Bugler Decaire, acting as runner to battalion headquarters, continued in the advance and performed his duties under extremely heavy shell and machine-gun fare after he had been very severely wounded in the knee.