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 Tom H. Smith (ASN: 2221079), United States Army, for extraordinary heroism in action while serving with Company C, 115th Infantry Regiment, 29th Division, American Expeditionary Forces, in the Bois-de-Consenvoye, France, 18 October 1918. Private Smith was with 20 men in the front line and for 40 hours they had been without food, the heavy bombardment preventing rations details from reaching them. As the men were losing their strength and morale this soldier voluntarily went through heavy shell fire to procure food, making repeated trips till all the men were supplied.