Robert L. Green
Home Town: Lincoln, NE
General Orders No. 108, W.D., 1919
The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Robert L. Green, Corporal, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action at Tulgas, Russia, November 14, 1918. Corporal Green led an attack against snipers concealed in houses on the edge of the village. In order to reach these buildings he was forced to cross an open space of 200 yards, in clear view of the enemy. After reaching the buildings and locating the snipers he alone charged the building in which the snipers were located and captured 14 prisoners.
