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 Carl Miller Tawater (ASN: 41245), United States Army, for extraordinary heroism in action while serving with Headquarters Company, 9th Infantry Regiment, 2d Division, American Expeditionary Forces, near Landres-et-St. Georges, France, 1 November 1918. Just as his platoon went over the top Sergeant Tawater and several other soldiers were wounded by a shell which exploded near them. After seeing that the other wounded men were properly cared for, he organized the rest of his platoon and rejoined his unit, remaining on duty all day with his Stokes Mortar Section in spite of a painful wound in the foot.