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 Second Lieutenant (Infantry) Carl Tilden Hatch, United States Army, for extraordinary heroism in action while serving with 317th Infantry Regiment, 80th Division, American Expeditionary Forces, near Nantillois, France, 4 October 1918. Seriously wounded in both knees while leading his platoon against German machine-gun nests, Lieutenant Hatch declined to be evacuated, but remained in command of his platoon for nine hours, until it was relieved.