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 Corporal Ernest A. S. Harrington (ASN: 68111), United States Army, for extraordinary heroism in action while serving with Company F, 103d Infantry Regiment, 26th Division, American Expeditionary Forces, near Bois-de-St. Remy, France, 12 September 1918. While sniper fire was holding up the advance of a section of his platoon, Corporal Harrington rushed forward and, without aid, forced an officer and six men to surrender at the point of his bayonet.