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 Captain (Infantry), [then First Lieutenant] William R. Bourdon, United States Army, for extraordinary heroism in action while serving with 124th Machine-Gun Battalion, 33d Division, A.E.F., near Bois-de-Forges, France, 26 September 1918. Captain Bourdon was advancing with his platoon, when it came under heavy enemy machine-gun fire from a small clump of woods. Ordering his men to take cover, he went forward alone, located the machine gun, and killed the gunner.
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 Captain (Infantry), [then First Lieutenant] William R. Bourdon, United States Army, for extraordinary heroism in action while serving with 124th Machine-Gun Battalion, 33d Division, A.E.F., near Bois-de-Forges, France, 26 September 1918. Captain Bourdon was advancing with his platoon, when it came under heavy enemy machine-gun fire from a small clump of woods. Ordering his men to take cover, he went forward alone, located the machine gun, and killed the gunner.
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