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 Corporal William Anthony Pozzi (ASN: 72534), United States Army, for extraordinary heroism in action while serving with Company G, 104th Infantry Regiment, 26th Division, American Expeditionary Forces, near Belleau, France, 21 July 1918. Corporal Pozzi voluntarily left his trench and ran through heavy shell fire to the aid of a wounded soldier and carried him to safety.