Robert J. Lamb

The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Robert J. Lamb, Major, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action near Bellicourt, France, September 29, 1918. In command of a company, Major Lamb, with two other men, rushed a machine-gun post, which was holding up the advance, killing the German crew. Later, separated from part of his command owing to a dense smoke screen, he found himself with a few men in front of three German machine-gun nests. Leading the attack, he captured the enemy positions, with 25 prisoners.