Robert G. Woodside
Home Town: Pittsburgh, PA
Distinguished Service Cross
World War I
U.S. Army
General Orders No. No. 27, W.D., 1920
The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Robert G. Woodside, Captain, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action at Les Franquette Farm, near Jaulgonne, France, July 22, 1918. Captain Woodside rallied the men of one platoon of his company who were falling back in disorder, reformed them under heavy enemy shell and machine-gun fire, and led them to the left front of the battalion sector and engaged the attacking enemy. His prompt action stopped an enveloping movement of the enemy which imperiled the position of the battalion.