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 Pit Sikivica (ASN: 107661), United States Army, for extraordinary heroism in action while serving with Company D, 9th Infantry Regiment, 2d Division, American Expeditionary Forces, near Medeah Ferme, France, during an attack made by his platoon on an enemy machine-gun nest, two automatic rifles were destroyed in his hands. Private Sikivica fell back to the supporting company, borrowed an automatic rifle, and killed two of the enemy machine-gunners.