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 Harold Lucius Shipman (ASN: 1213824), United States Army, for extraordinary heroism in action while serving with Company B, 108th Infantry Regiment, 27th Division, American Expeditionary Forces, east of Ronssoy, France, 29 September 1918. during the operations against the Hindenburg line Private Shipman, a Lewis gunner, exhibited great courage and dash when a party of about 40 German prisoners, seeing their guards killed by German snipers while going to the rear, seized rifles and opened fire on the Americans. Private Shipman rushed forward with his Lewis gun and put the entire group out of action. During the engagement he also silenced three enemy machine-gun positions.