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 Corporal Norman E. Edwards (ASN: 2267278), United States Army, for extraordinary heroism in action while serving with Company H, 364th Infantry Regiment, 91st Division near Eclisfontaine, France, 28 September 1918. Going forward alone and in the open 100 yards in front of his company, Corporal Edwards fired a rifle grenade into a machine-gun nest. The fire of the machine guns immediately slackened, and when they were captured it was found that only three of the enemy remained to man four guns.