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 Patrick P. Higgins (ASN: 914354), United States Army, for extraordinary heroism in action while serving with Company B, 7th Engineers, 5th Division, American Expeditionary Forces, near Cunel, France, 20 October 1918. While making a reconnaissance within the enemy lines, Sergeant Higgins assisted in capturing an enemy machine-gun nest which was harassing the party. Under heavy machine-gun fire, he gave first-aid treatment to a wounded soldier, and when the officer in charge of the detachment was wounded, he bound up the latter’s injuries and carried him two kilometers through heavy machine-gun and shell fire to an aid station.