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 John Rollian Polley (ASN: 1467612), United States Army, for extraordinary heroism in action while serving with Company A, 110th Engineers, 35th Division, American Expeditionary Forces, near Cheppy, France, 26 September 1918. When the infantry attack was held up by direct fire from an enemy concrete machine-gun emplacement, Private Polley, who was a member of a wire-cutting detail, charged the emplacement with one infantry soldier, capturing two guns and two prisoners and enabling the advance to continue.