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 Victor Petersen (ASN: 1389526), United States Army, for extraordinary heroism in action while serving with Company H, 132d Infantry Regiment, 33d Division, American Expeditionary Forces, near Forges, France, 26 September 1918. When his platoon was held up by a heavy flanking machine-gun fire, Sergeant Petersen advanced alone ahead of the platoon, on his own initiative, and successfully cleaned up the machine-gun nest with hand grenades and captured the machine-gun.