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 George Bruce Reid (ASN: 145284), United States Army, for extraordinary heroism in action while serving with Battery A, 151st Field Artillery, 42d Division, American Expeditionary Forces, near Suippes, France, 15 July 1918. While acting as gunner, during the firing of a barrage, Corporal Reid was shot through the arm by an enemy machine-gun from an aeroplane, but although serious wounded, he continued to fire his gun throughout the barrage. He was then evacuated in an exhausted condition.