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 First Sergeant Thomas Patrick O’Hagan (ASN: 89495), United States Army, for extraordinary heroism in action while serving with Company C, 165th Infantry Regiment, 42d Division, American Expeditionary Forces, near Landres-et-St. Georges, France, October 14 – 15, 1918. After successfully conducting a raiding patrol and returning safely to his lines, Sergeant O’Hagan immediately went back to the scene and, exposed to unusual machine-gun and artillery fire, searched for and carried to safety a wounded man who was lying 100 yards from the enemy’s wire. On the following day he carried a severely wounded comrade to safety across an open field, in spite of the terrific and especially directed machine-gun fire.