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 Private Charles Marino (ASN: 73640), United States Army, for extraordinary heroism in action while serving with Company L, 104th Infantry Regiment, 26th Division, American Expeditionary Forces, at Bois Brule, near Apremont, France, 10 April 1918. Private Marino displayed coolness, courage, and the spirit of self-sacrifice during the action of 10 April 1918, in voluntarily going through shell-swept area to bring back a wounded noncommissioned officer to a dressing station.