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 Captain (Infantry) William W. Green, United States Army, for extraordinary heroism in action while serving with Company H, 365th Infantry Regiment, 92d Division, American Expeditionary Forces, at Bellaire Farm, France, 10 October 1918, and at the Bois Frehaut, France, 10 November 1918. On 10 October 1918, Captain Green, with utter disregard of his own personal danger, went out under enemy machine-gun and shell fire and rescued three wounded men of his company who were lying in an exposed position, administered first aid, and carried them, one at a time, to a place of comparative safety. On 10 November 1918, Captain Green led his company through wire and heavy enemy fire to its objective, when he found that the right flank of his company was exposed to enemy fire. After the arrival of two platoons and two machine guns as reinforcements, Captain Green climbed a tree in order to see over the crest of the hill behind which the enemy was advancing. In this exposed post he was subjected to heavy shrapnel and machine-gun fire, many branches of the tree being cut, but his observation enabled him so to organize his position that his command was able to repulse successfully three enemy counterattacks, thereby enabling the battalion to hold the Bois Frehaut.