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 (Medical Corps) Alason J. Hull, United States Army, for extraordinary heroism in action while serving with 4th Battalion, South Stafford Regiment, British Expeditionary Forces (Attached), near Cormicy, France, 27 May 1918. When forced to withdraw his aid post Lieutenant Hull went back to attend a severely wounded man and succeeded in rescuing him when the enemy were only 50 yards away.