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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 Corporal Herman Blair McManaway (ASN: 1310006), United States Army, for extraordinary heroism in action while serving with Company A, 118th Infantry Regiment, 30th Division, American Expeditionary Forces, near Hardicourt, France, 26 September 1918. Volunteering to act as stretcher bearer, Corporal McManaway assisted in evacuating the wounded, during a severe gas shelling. Realizing the presence of strong gas, he unhesitatingly took off his mask and placed it on a wounded man whose mask had been shot away, and in so doing he was badly gassed. It then became necessary to evacuate him, but his heroic and timely act saved the life of his comrade.

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