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 Herman Macarovsky (ASN: 39895), United States Army, for extraordinary heroism in action while serving with Company H, 9th Infantry Regiment, 2d Division, American Expeditionary Forces, near Blanc Mont Ridge, France, 3 October 1918. All of his superior officers killed or wounded, Sergeant Macarovsky took command of and organized his company under heavy shell fire. He then led it to the attack, captured or killed many Germans, and put several machine-gun nests out of action.