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 Sergeant Reed Stewart Douglas (ASN: 2384309), United States Army, for extraordinary heroism in action while serving with Company L, 60th Infantry Regiment, 5th Division, American Expeditionary Forces, near Bois-de-Pultier, France, 15 October 1918, and near the Meuse River, 5 November 1918. On October 15 Sergeant Douglas led his platoon against a strong machine-gun nest in the open field east of Bois-de-Pultier, capturing about 20 prisoners, with very few casualties in his own platoon. On November 5 he led his platoon across the Meuse in the face of heavy machine-gun, rifle, and artillery fire and successfully cleared the heights east of the river of strong enemy machine-gun positions.