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 [then Corporal] John W. Foust (ASN: 549232), United States Army, for extraordinary heroism in action while serving with Machine-Gun Company, 38th Infantry Regiment, 3d Division, American Expeditionary Forces, near Cunel, France, 22 October 1918. After all the officers of his company had been wounded, Sergeant Faust assumed command, and with great courage and bravery organized a detachment, recapturing two of his machine guns that had fallen to the enemy in a counterattack earlier in the day.