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 Carl Rassmussen (ASN: 2250434), United States Army, for extraordinary heroism in action while serving with Company B, 39th Infantry Regiment, 4th Division, American Expeditionary Forces, near Bois-de-Brieulles, France, 27 September 1918. Private Rassmussen, a company runner, volunteered and made two trips from the post of command of his own regiment to that of the regiment adjoining his own, passing each time more than a thousand yards under intense enemy machine-gun fire.