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 Sergeant Norman D. Koleman (ASN: 297349), United States Army, for extraordinary heroism in action while serving with Battery C, 119th Field Artillery, 32d Division, American Expeditionary Forces, near Les Pres Farm, France, 9 August 1918. Sergeant Koleman had just returned with his gun crew to their dugout, after maintaining fire for twelve hours, under heavy bombardment, when a shell of large caliber struck directly over the dugout, killing or wounding the entire crew. Regardless of the fact that he himself had been wounded in nine places, Sergeant Koleman immediately walked and crawled to the nearest shelter to secure aid for this men.