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) Woodruff W. Dobson, United States Army, for extraordinary heroism in action while serving with 308th Infantry Regiment, 77th Division, American Expeditionary Forces, near Le Moulin de l’Homme Mort, France, 29 September 1918. Lieutenant Dobson volunteered and reconnoitered in front of the first line battalion to secure information regarding enemy machine-guns and minenwerfers which had checked the advance of his organization. He was wounded by a sniper’s bullet as he crawled back from this reconnaissance, but refused to submit to first-aid, until he made his report to the battalion commander and informed his men of the enemy’s position.