By direction of the President, under the provisions of the act of Congress approved July 9, 1918 (Bul. No. 43, W.D., 1918), Second Lieutenant (Infantry) Hamilton Johnson, United States Army, is cited by the Commanding General, 3d Division, American Expeditionary Forces, and a silver star may be placed upon the ribbon of the World War I Victory Medals awarded him. While serving with the 38th Infantry Regiment, 3d Division, American Expeditionary Forces, Lieutenant Johnson and two other American soldiers attacked a patrol of seven Germans, who had captured four Americans. They killed one German, captured six, and returned with the prisoners and the American soldiers. This occurred east of Launay, France, on 15 July 1918.