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 First Lieutenant (Air Service) Herbert Bullock Bartholf, United States Army Air Service, for extraordinary heroism in action while serving with 103d Aero Squadron, 3d Pursuit Group, U.S. Army Air Service, near Ancerville, France, 30 October 1918, and near Baalon, France, 4 November 1918. On 30 October in the region of Ancerville, Lieutenant Bartholf, with one other pilot, engaged five enemy planes. Outnumbered, he did not hesitate to attack, and, although subjected to the severe fire of five enemy planes, he succeeded in destroying one. On 4 November in the region of Baalon, while on a bombing expedition, he encountered an enemy patrol of eight machines, Fokker type. He immediately dived into their formation and, despite the severe fire to which he was subjected, continued a spirited combat with one of the enemy until it crashed to the ground.