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 Captain (Infantry) William Louis Morrison, United States Army, for extraordinary heroism in action while serving with 38th Infantry Regiment, 3d Division, American Expeditionary Forces, in the Champagne-Marne offensive, 16 July 1918, and the Meuse-Argonne offensive, 9 October 1918. On 16 July while the members of his patrol acted as covering detachment, Captain Morrison entered an enemy dugout and captured a prisoner, thus securing valuable information. On 9 October he led a combat patrol into the enemy lines and succeeded, under heavy fire, in putting two machine guns out of action, thus enabling his own company and one of another regiment to advance.