General Pershing recommended Foreman for the Distinguished Service Cross for his command efficiency during the Saint Mihiel and Meuse-Argonne offensives. On November 4, 1918, in an action near Ferme de Maucourt, northwest of Beauclair, France, his unit came under heavy machine gun and artillery fire. Foreman crept through the German gunfire laying telephone wire to the infantry front line so that he could direct the fire of his artillery unit by direct visual observation. He found the enemy positions and successfully called for fire support on the German units.