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 Dionigo Fiorito (ASN: 40897), United States Army, for extraordinary heroism in action while serving with Company M, 9th Infantry Regiment, 2d Division, American Expeditionary Forces, near Tuilerie Farm, France, 4 November 1918. After many of the stretcher bearers had become casualties, Private Fiorito, without assistance, carried many of his wounded comrades to the rear, through heavy machine-gun and shell fire.