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 Sergeant John H. Flint (ASN: 88870), United States Army, for extraordinary heroism in action while serving with Machine-Gun Company, 165th Infantry Regiment, 42d Division, American Expeditionary Forces, near Ferme de Jonchery, France, 15 July 1918, and near La Marche, France, 23 September 1918. Stationed with the company train near a French battery of artillery, Sergeant Flint, then a mechanic, left a concrete shelter and volunteered to carry a severely wounded French soldier to the dressing station. To reach the dressing station, over a kilometer away, he crossed an open field, subjected at the time to intense artillery bombardment. Later when a 150-millimeter shell burst near a shelter tent in which he was sleeping, killing one and wounding three noncommissioned officers and hurling Sergeant Flint several yards, he called assistance and supervised the care of the wounded.