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 John H. Mace, United States Army, for extraordinary heroism in action while serving with Company H, 140th Infantry Regiment, 35th Division, American Expeditionary Forces, near Exermont, France, 28 September 1918. Sergeant Mace volunteered to lead a detachment to attack a machine-gun nest which was holding up the advance of his battalion. Although severely wounded, he carried the position, killing the enemy gun crew and capturing the machine-gun.