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 Grant S. Lindsay (ASN: 95901), United States Army, for extraordinary heroism in action while serving with Company L, 166th Infantry Regiment, 42d Division, American Expeditionary Forces, near Sedan, France, 7 November 1918. Sergeant Lindsay was in command of his platoon on the right flank of the assaulting wave when hidden concentrations of machine guns were encountered in front and on the right flank. Skillfully maneuvering his combat groups, he led them with remarkable courage and coolness through the heavy enemy machine-gun fire and broke up the hostile counterattack which had been started. In so doing, he personally advanced ahead of his men under heavy fire from machine guns and snipers, and succeeded in locating some of the machine-gun nests.