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) Thomas Edward Jones, United States Army, for extraordinary heroism in action while serving with 368th Infantry Regiment (Attached), 92d Division, American Expeditionary Forces, near Binarville, France, 27 September 1918. Lieutenant Jones went into an open area subjected to direct machinegun fire to care for a wounded soldier who was being carried by another officer. While dressing the wounded runner, a machinegun bullet passed between his arms and his chest and a man was killed within a few yards of him.