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 Cornelius O’Rourke (ASN: 749542), United States Army, for extraordinary heroism in action while serving with Company A, 15th Machine-Gun Battalion, 5th Division, American Expeditionary Forces, near Vieville-en-Haye, France, 14 September 1918. Seeing two wounded comrades lying exposed to heavy enemy machine-gun and artillery fire, he went out in disregard of all danger to himself and brought them in, one at a time, to a sheltered place, thus inspiring his men by his great dash and courage.