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 Second Lieutenant (Infantry) Hugh F. Edwards, United States Army, for extraordinary heroism in action while serving with 9th Infantry Regiment, 2d Division, American Expeditionary Forces, near Vaux, on 1 July 1918. Second Lieutenant Edwards led his platoon against heavy machine-gun fire, silenced several machine-guns, established his guns at his objective, repelled a counterattack on his left flank, personally killed two of the enemy.