Robert L. Collins
Home Town: Brewster, NY
Distinguished Service Cross
World War I
U.S. Army
General Orders No. 59, W.D., 1919
The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Robert L. Collins, Sergeant, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action near Bois-de- la-Naza, France, October 5, 1918. In the face of heavy machine-gun fire and grenades, Sergeant Collins went forward with three other soldiers and brought back five seriously wounded men to a point where they could be given first-aid treatment. With utter disregard for his personal safety, he displayed coolness and good judgment effecting the rescue.