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 David B. Hunt (ASN: 62967), United States Army, for extraordinary heroism in action while serving with Machine-Gun Company, 101st Infantry Regiment, 26th Division, American Expeditionary Forces, at Bourbelin, France, 16 July 1918. When an artillery barrage was laid down on the section of which he was a member, killing three and wounding five, including the section sergeant and corporal, Corporal Hunt, severely wounded himself, carried the sergeant to the first-aid station, returned to his post through the barrage, assumed leadership of the section, and successfully directed their operations until he fell from exhaustion.