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 Captain (Infantry) Starr Sedgwick Eaton, United States Army, for extraordinary heroism in action while serving with 23d Infantry Regiment, 2d Division, American Expeditionary Forces, near Chateau-Thierry, France, 1 July 1918. Captain Eaton displayed notable coolness and courage during the attack by his company, winning a brilliant success and capturing a large number of prisoners and a, quantity of enemy munitions. After obtaining his objective he personally led a small detachment against a hostile machine-gun and silenced it, capturing in person the machine gunners and destroying the nest.