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 First Lieutenant (Chaplain’s Corps) Aristeo V. Simoni, United States Army, for extraordinary heroism in action while serving with 111th Infantry Regiment, 28th Division, American Expeditionary Forces, near La Chene Tondu, France, 3 October 1918. Upon learning that there were six wounded men in front of our lines, Chaplain Simoni asked for two volunteers and with the aid of these men successfully brought the wounded men to our own lines through a terrific machine-gun and grenade fire.