The President of the United States of America, authorized by Act of Congress July 9, 1918, takes pride in presenting the Distinguished Service Cross (Posthumously) to Private First Class Walter A. Shamanski (ASN: 41222), United States Army, for extraordinary heroism in action while serving with Headquarters Company, 9th Infantry Regiment, 2d Division, American Expeditionary Forces, at Vaux, France, 1 July 1918. Having entered a cellar to install his telephone, Private First Class Shamanski was attacked by 11 of the enemy, of whom he killed two and took nine prisoners, single-handed.