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 Private Albert P. Holmes (ASN: 1387883), United States Army, for extraordinary heroism in action while serving with Company H, 131st Infantry Regiment, 33d Division, American Expeditionary Forces, at Chipilly Ridge, France, 9 August 1918. After six runners had been killed or wounded in an attempt to establish liaison with battalion headquarters, Private Holmes volunteered for this hazardous duty and succeeded in getting through under heavy shell fire where others had failed.