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 (Infantry) Ross Hamilton Calvert, Jr., United States Army, for extraordinary heroism in connection with military operations against an armed enemy while serving with Company I, 3d Battalion, 30th Infantry Regiment, 3d Infantry Division, in action against enemy forces at Taulignan, France, on 28 August 1944. While leading a four-man patrol, Lieutenant Calvert saw and killed a German about 35 yards away, thus drawing fire from nine other Germans nearby. Ordering his men to take up the fire, he accounted for two more of the enemy. His men accounted for six killed and three captured. From this exposed block, Lieutenant Calvert found a force of 40 Germans and led a company in the attack as their first scout. As he was crossing a field covered by all types of enemy fire, he saw a wounded soldier, ran to him, administered first aid, and then continued on. Moving forward, Lieutenant Calvert manned an observation post and poured artillery fire on the Germans, killing 10 of them and wounding others. The company objective taken, Lieutenant Calvert continued on his patrol in time to confront and attack a group of 30 Germans with his carbine and grenades. Proceeding on into a nearby town by jeep, he parked the vehicle near a hotel. Here he stopped a German commander and his orderly who were coming down the street, captured them, and he and his men fired into the building command post. First Lieutenant Calvert’s extraordinary heroism, personal bravery and zealous devotion to duty exemplify the highest traditions of the military forces of the United States and reflect great credit upon himself, the 3d Infantry Division, and the United States Army.