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 Jesse Shaine Morrison (ASN: 1490855), United States Army, for extraordinary heroism in action while serving with Headquarters Company, 142d Infantry Regiment, 36th Division, American Expeditionary Forces, near Attigny, France, 14 October 1918. Sergeant Morrison drove a motorcycle through intense artillery fire and assisted in the rescue of a wounded soldier under machine-gun fire, driving back with him under intense bombardment to the dressing station.