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 Bradford Ferry (ASN: 1284862), United States Army, for extraordinary heroism in action while serving with Company E, 115th Infantry Regiment, 29th Division, American Expeditionary Forces, near Montagne, France, 17 October 1918. After three men of his carrying party had been wounded and the others scattered by shell fire, Private Ferry organized a second detail which he led through heavy shell fire to his company kitchen cook and returned after dark with rations for the men in the front line.