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 Ben Mileski (ASN: 1526562), United States Army, for extraordinary heroism in action while serving with Company L, 145th Infantry Regiment, 37th Division, American Expeditionary Forces, near Cierges, France, 28 September 1918. When a platoon of Company I, 147th Infantry, was held up by machine-gun fire from the left flank, Private Mileski, without orders, rushed forward through heavy machine-gun fire, killed the machine gunner, and caused a number of the enemy to surrender.