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 Corporal Arthur J. Tickner (ASN: 40226), United States Army, for extraordinary heroism in action while serving with Company I, 9th Infantry Regiment, 2d Division, American Expeditionary Forces, near Soissons, France, 18 July 1918. After his company commander had been wounded and he himself had been shot through the wrist, Corporal Tickner assisted the captain to walk forward in the attack. During the advance a shell burst nearby and took off the leg of his company commander and. again wounded the corporal who, in spite of his injuries, forced five Germans to carry his captain more than four kilometers to an aid station thereby saving his life.