The President of the United States of America, authorized by Act of Congress, July 9, 1918, takes pride in presenting the Distinguished Service Cross (Posthumously) to Private First Class Warren H. Shorey (ASN: 42117883), United States Army, for extraordinary heroism in connection with military operations against an armed enemy while serving with an Infantry Company of the 385th Infantry Regiment, 76th Infantry Division, in action against enemy forces in Germany, on 19 February 1945. During an intense enemy artillery barrage near Irrel, Germany, Private Shorey courageously went to the aid of two wounded comrades trapped in an exposed position, placed them in his fox hole, and noticing the enemy shells were landing very close, covered them with his own body. He was killed by a German shell which landed only five feet from his position but his heroic, self-sacrificing actions saved the lives of his comrades. Private First Class Shorey’s fearless courage and supreme devotion to duty are in keeping with the highest traditions of the military service.