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 Vaino Ruusulehto (ASN: 548069), United States Army, for extraordinary heroism in action while serving with Company L, 30th Infantry Regiment, 3d Division, American Expeditionary Forces, at Madeleine Farm, France, 9 October 1918. Accompanied by a comrade, Corporal Ruusulehto volunteered to attack an enemy machine-gun position, the fire from which was enfilading the position held by his platoon. During the attack his comrade was killed, but Corporal Ruusulehto, by a flank movement, reached the position, killed two members of the crew, and forced two others to surrender.