Arthur Harrison Robinson

The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Arthur Harrison Robinson, First Lieutenant, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action near Ville Savoye, France, August 22, 1918. Under a screen of dense fog, and the smoke of a heavy barrage, the Germans set up a machine-gun within 30 yards of the flank of Lieutenant Robinson’s company. The Germans opened up a deadly fire as the fog lifted, but Lieutenant Robinson attacked the position with grenades and drove off the enemy. He then turned the gun on the advancing Germans, completely breaking up their counterattack.