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 First Lieutenant (Infantry) Charles C. Highley, United States Army, for extraordinary heroism in action while serving with 319th Infantry Regiment, 80th Division, American Expeditionary Forces, near Immecourt, France, 1 November 1918. In the face of heavy machine-gun fire Lieutenant Highley personally led his platoon, or elements thereof, against several enemy machine-gun nests, putting out of action and capturing 15 guns with 50 prisoners. Later in the day he led a squad of men in an attack on a battery of enemy field pieces seen coming out of a wood south of Sivry, and succeeded in capturing the three pieces of artillery, together with 55 prisoners and 27 horses.