Joseph Robins
Home Town: New York, NY
General Orders No. 35, W.D., 1919
The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Joseph Robins, Sergeant, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action near Ronssoy, France, September 29, 1918. During the thick of the fighting against the Hindenburg line, Sergeant Robins voluntarily went forward to locate friendly troops and, in doing so, he was obliged to pass between two strongly fortified enemy nests from which a deadly fire was pouring. Despite the fact that he was badly wounded, he communicated with the infantry and returned to his position.
