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 Private First Class Robert C. Buchanan (ASN: 419002), United States Army, for extraordinary heroism in action while serving with Company B, 54th Infantry Regiment, 6th Division, American Expeditionary Forces, near Metzera, Alsace, September 16 – 17, 1918. On the night of September 16 – 17 Private First Class Buchanan led his patrol into an entirely unfamiliar sector of the enemy positions and without artillery support captured four prisoners and secured much valuable information; despite the heavy hostile grenade, rifle, automatic rifle and machine-gun fire, “he cut through the enemy’s electrified wire and overcame a sentinel without losing a man. Three of the prisoners were captured by Private Buchanan when he alone stormed a barricaded dugout and disarmed three Germans.