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 Earl H. Sanderson (ASN: 64777), United States Army, for extraordinary heroism in action while serving with Company F, 102d Infantry Regiment, 26th Division, American Expeditionary Forces, at Chavignon, Chemin-des-Dames, France, on the night of 28 February 1918. Corporal Sanderson was a member of a working party well out in front of the advance post. The party encountered a violent barrage of the enemy, which protected enemy assault troops. He helped to fight off the German troops and walked back and forth under the enemy’s and our barrage to collect his men. When he heard his lieutenant was in trouble he walked again to his rescue where the barrage had at first overtaken him.