The President of the United States of America, authorized by Act of Congress, July 9, 1918, takes pride in presenting the Distinguished Service Cross (Posthumously) to Private First Class Saunders Paul Pretty (ASN: 549279), United States Army, for extraordinary heroism in action while serving with Machine-Gun Company, 38th Infantry Regiment, 3d Division, American Expeditionary Forces, at Launay, near Chateau-Thierry, France, 15 July 1918. Private (First Class) Pretty fearlessly exposed himself to machine-gun and artillery fire in order to keep up communication between exposed machine-gun positions. His work enabled the quick and accurate changing of our fire during a critical period of the action.