Robert P. Cook
Home Town: Altamahaw, NC
Distinguished Service Cross
World War I
U.S. Army
General Orders No. 37, W.D., 1919
The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Robert P. Cook, Sergeant, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action near Bellicourt, France, September 29, 1918. When his platoon was held up by machine- gun fire during an advance, although suffering from a painful machine-gun bullet wound in the hand, Sergeant Cook personally killed the gunner and put the gun out of action, thus permitting the further advance of his platoon.