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 Regimental Sergeant Major Thomas W. W. Roose, United States Army, for extraordinary heroism in action while serving with Headquarters, 3d Battalion, 52d Infantry Brigade (Attached), 26th Division, American Expeditionary Forces, near Torcy, France, July 18 to 20, 1918. On July 20 Sergeant Major Roose crossed an open space, under direct observation and fire of the enemy, to assist a wounded comrade to shelter. Two days previous he made a reconnaissance along the advancing front line, exposed to rifle, machine-gun, and artillery fire, to make sure that orders had been carried out.