The President of the United States of America, authorized by Act of Congress, July 9, 1918, takes pleasure in presenting the Distinguished Service Cross to Corporal Robert L. Abbott (ASN: 748894), United States Army, for extraordinary heroism in action while serving with Company B, 3d Supply Train, 3d Division, American Expeditionary Forces, at Chateau-Thierry, France, 31 May to 4 June 1918. Wounded in the hand by a bursting shell, he voluntarily drove a motorcycle, carrying messages and information to and from French and other headquarters. He was without sleep for 36 hours and constantly passed through hostile machine-gun and shell fire.