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 J. Duffy (ASN: 61226), United States Army, for extraordinary heroism in action while serving with Company G, 101st Infantry Regiment, 26th Division, American Expeditionary Forces, in the Bois-de-Wavrille, Troyon sector, France, 2 October 1918. While a member of a raiding party which penetrated to the enemy’s second line, Private Duffy located a machine gun which was about to fire on the rear of his platoon. Exposing himself to heavy machine-gun fire he crawled to a position of vantage and shot the gunner and captured the gun and two other members of the crew.