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 Charles Stantford Morrison (ASN: 2179880), United States Army, for extraordinary heroism in action while serving with Company L, 354th Infantry Regiment, 89th Division, American Expeditionary Forces, at Charey, France, 30 September 1918. On the morning of 30 September 1918, Corporal Morrison volunteered to accompany an officer of his company in the rescue of a wounded man of his battalion who had been on patrol. Proceeding under intense and accurate fire to a point 400 yards beyond his outpost, he met a member of the patrol who stated that the wounded man was about 100 yards farther out and close to the hostile lines. With splendid courage, he proceeded to the point indicated, in company with his officer, being constantly subjected to the heaviest fire, and found the soldier, who had died from his wounds. Returning in safety to his own lines, he exchanged shots with the enemy, one of whom he killed.