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 Second Lieutenant (Infantry) Edward J. Sullivan, United States Army, for extraordinary heroism in action while serving with 104th Infantry Regiment, 26th Division, American Expeditionary Forces, near Les Eparges, France, 12 September 1918. While leading his platoon forward, and finding no gap in the enemy’s wire, Lieutenant Sullivan although severely wounded, directed his men in cutting the wire and encouraged their advance, until he fell exhausted from his wounds.