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 Captain (Field Artillery) Robert Emanuel Myhrman, United States Army, for extraordinary heroism in action while serving with Headquarters, 122d Field Artillery, 33d Division, American Expeditionary Forces, near Very, France, 26 September 1918. While his battery position was being heavily shelled by the enemy artillery Captain Myhrman remained constantly with his men, ordering them to safety, and caring for a wounded man. After his battery had been placed in position he conducted his own reconnaissance, and prepared his own firing data with no regard for the danger to which he was exposed from heavy enemy shell fire.