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 Frank P. Prete (ASN: 1375582), United States Army, for extraordinary heroism in action while serving with Battery B, 122d Field Artillery, 33d Division, American Expeditionary Forces, near Bantheville, France, 1 November 1918. Sergeant Prete three times passed through a heavy barrage and machine-gun fire, while guiding a combat train forward to an advanced artillery platoon.