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) Henry Henderson, United States Army, for extraordinary heroism in action while serving with 354th Infantry Regiment, 89th Division, American Expeditionary Forces, near Remonville, France, 1 November 1918. When his company was fired upon by a battery of German 77s not more than 300 yards distant, Lieutenant Henderson led his platoon at a run through two machine-gun nests which were defending that flank of the battery and succeeded in capturing the entire battery with the aid of the bayonet.