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 (Field Artillery) Charles K. Templeton, United States Army, for extraordinary heroism in action while serving with 122d Field Artillery, 33d Division, American Expeditionary Forces, near Nouart, France, 5 November 1918. After telephone communications had been destroyed and his runners scattered on other missions, Lieutenant Templeton started on a mission of extreme importance from the infantry to the artillery. His path lay through a heavy machine-gun and shell fire, and before he reached his destination he was seriously wounded. He succeeded, however, in relaying his message to its destination.