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 Frederic H. Prudhomme, Army of France, for extraordinary heroism in action while serving with 12th Regiment, Mounted Chasseurs, Army of France, at Woel, France, 14 September 1918. Having been ordered to occupy the village of Woel, which he found to be held by one company of Germans, Lieutenant Prudhomme unhesitatingly attacked with one section and captured the town, taking 18 prisoners and two machine-guns and killing many of the enemy. He then held the position for 24 hours against several hostile counterattacks.