The President of the United States of America, authorized by Act of Congress, July 9, 1918, takes pride in presenting the Distinguished Service Cross (Posthumously) to Private Joseph H. Roberge (ASN: 1748922), United States Army, for extraordinary heroism in action while serving with Headquarters Company, 308th Infantry Regiment, 77th Division, American Expeditionary Forces, near St. Juvin, France, 18 October 1918. Private Roberge displayed remarkable courage in laying and repairing a telephone line under such intense artillery and machine-gun fire that the line was ultimately abandoned. He was later killed in action.