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 First Lieutenant (Infantry) Harold I. Fair, United States Army, for extraordinary heroism in action while serving with 101st Infantry Regiment, 26th Division, American Expeditionary Forces, in the Belleau Bois, north of Verdun, France, 25 October 1918. Lieutenant Fair, with a noncommissioned officer, while in advance of our line encountered an enemy patrol engaged in removing wounded Americans. They attacked and succeeded in putting the enemy to flight. The noncommissioned officer was sent back for reinforcements, but Lieutenant Fair continued on and captured an enemy officer. Later, with the assistance of others, he removed to safety all the wounded.