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 Major Benigne V. M. J. Corbabon, Army of France, for extraordinary heroism in action while serving with 13th Regiment of Infantry, French Mission, attached to the 42d Division, A.E.F., in the assault upon the German position at the Salient-du-Feys, France, on 9 March 1918, during which three hostile lines of trenches were overrun. Major Corbabon voluntarily joined Company D, 168th Infantry, while this company was undergoing a severe fire from the enemy lasting three hours. His coolness and conspicuous courage had a marked effect on the behavior of this organization.