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 James J. Murphy (ASN: 1706791), United States Army, for extraordinary heroism in action while serving with Company K, 307th Infantry Regiment, 77th Division, American Expeditionary Forces, in the Forest of Argonne, France, 4 October 1918. On October 4. while his company with two battalions of the 308th Infantry were surrounded by the enemy in the Forest of Argonne, Corporal Murphy rushed through a severe machine-gun and shell fire for a distance of 75 yards and carried a severely wounded comrade to a place of safety.