Robert E. Craidge
Home Town: Bay City, MI
Distinguished Service Cross
World War I
U.S. Army
General Orders No. No. 116, W.D., 1918
The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Robert E. Craidge, Corporal, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action at Hill 212, near Cierges, northeast of Chateau-Thierry, France, July 31, 1918. Corporal Craidge was in charge of an advanced Chauchat rifle position while his company was exposed to severe machine-gun fire from the front and right flank. After three of his men had been killed and the other totally blinded by shellfire, Corporal Craidge remained at his post and kept his gun in operation until he was killed, this brave act inspiring the members of his organization who were eyewitnesses.