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 George F. Meyer (ASN: 91197), United States Army, for extraordinary heroism in action while serving with Company K, 165th Infantry Regiment, 42d Division, American Expeditionary Forces, at Landres-et-St. George, France, 1 November 1918. Although suffering severely from an attack of gas received on the previous night while leading a patrol in front of Landres-et-St. Georges, during which he secured information of the utmost importance, Sergeant Meyer, in the absence of a commissioned officer, assumed command of his company, which held the most advanced post of his battalion. A high-explosive shell burning four men of his company, he immediately and with complete disregard for his own safety, hurried to their rescue and under a heavy barrage of enemy machine-gun and artillery fire, dug with his hands and helmet until he uncovered and rescued the first man; with the assistance of a private of his company he then rescued two more men and gave directions for their evacuation. He then, unassisted and under a withering enemy fire, uncovered the body of the fourth man of his company, the latter having been killed instantly.