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 Captain (Medical Corps) George E. McGinnis, United States Army, for extraordinary heroism in action while serving with 110th Ambulance Company, 103d Sanitary Train, 28th Division, American Expeditionary Forces, at Fismette, France, August 9 – 10, 1918. During the night of the 9th of August, Captain McGinnis, with complete disregard of his personal safety, made a reconnaissance under fire and located a line of evacuation for ambulances from Fismette, and on the morning of the 10th of August, under shell fire, he personally repaired the bridge between Fismes and Fismette, thereby making possible the evacuation of 28 wounded men.