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 George Gould Hollis (ASN: 2184500), United States Army, for extraordinary heroism in action while serving with Company E, 356th Infantry Regiment, 89th Division, American Expeditionary Forces, near Lucy, France, 4 November 1918. While acting as scout of a patrol group, Corporal Hollis encountered an enemy machine-gun nest and opened fire on it. He killed the gunner and captured the nest, thereby protecting the balance of his patrol from casualties. He turned the captured guns on the enemy.