Robert B. Cable

The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Robert B. Cable, First Sergeant, U.S. Army, for repeated acts of extraordinary heroism in action near Monbrehain and Busigny, France, October 7 – 17, 1918. Leading two platoons of his company, after the officers had become casualties, Sergeant Cable effectively cleared the ground on the right flank of the company of machine-gun nests, capturing two guns. Later in the day he took command of the company, when no officers remained with it, and continued to be in charge for a week, in which time he led his own men in six attacks, inspiring them by his fearlessness. On October 9 he led an attack on the town of Busigny, charging across an open field in the face of heavy machine-gun fire from the houses of the village and clearing the town of the enemy. This gallant soldier was later wounded while leading two platoons against an enemy machine-gun nest.