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 Michael Ruane (ASN: 89694), United States Army, for extraordinary heroism in action while serving with Company C, 165th Infantry Regiment, 42d Division, American Expeditionary Forces, near Villers-sur-Fere, Aisne, France, 31 July 1918. Private Ruane went to the rescue of two wounded men over ground so swept by machine-gun fire that two men had been killed and one wounded previously in the attempt; and succeeded in carrying the two wounded men safely to shelter.