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 Joseph Daniel Sanders (ASN: 156868), United States Army, for extraordinary heroism in action while serving with Company D, 2d Engineers, 2d Division, American Expeditionary Forces, near Chateau-Thierry, France, 3 and 13 June 1918. In command of an important outpost, Corporal Sanders exposed himself to rifle and shell fire to better observe the movements of the enemy. He was knocked unconscious by shell burst, but returned to his post immediately upon regaining consciousness. On 13 June he carried a wounded officer through an intense barrage to a dressing station.