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 Benjamin Prager (ASN: 1244151), United States Army, for extraordinary heroism in action while serving with Company E, 111th Infantry Regiment, 28th Division, American Expeditionary Forces, near Fismes, France, 11 August 1918. On his own initiative and under heavy fire, Sergeant Prager led an automatic-rifle squad to a house far in advance of our lines, and, by purposely exposing himself at a window, drew fire from an enemy machine-gun, thus disclosing its position and enabling his squad to destroy it. After being wounded he refused to be evacuated until he had visited another portion of the line and assured himself that the position was well consolidated.