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 Sergeant Nickolas Smith (ASN: 280883), United States Army, for extraordinary heroism in action while serving with Company K, 126th Infantry Regiment, 32d Division, American Expeditionary Forces, near St. Georges, France, 14 October 1918. After his platoon had been stopped and disorganized by machine-gun fire, Sergeant Smith with another soldier, reorganized the platoon and led it in a charge on an enemy machine-gun nest, capturing it, together with one officer and 20 men.