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 Private Mike Pirinoli (ASN: 1645874), United States Army, for extraordinary heroism in action while serving with Company E, 305th Infantry Regiment, 77th Division, American Expeditionary Forces, near St. Juvin, France, 1 November 1918. When his company had suffered heavy casualties and had been withdrawn Private Pirinoli went out with another soldier in advance of our lines and. under machine-gun fire to rescue the wounded. His companion shot down, he continued his work, though, constantly exposed to heavy fire, carrying back two wounded men and the soldier who had started out with him.