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 (Infantry) Robert William Norton, United States Army, for extraordinary heroism in action while serving with 39th Infantry Regiment, 4th Division, American Expeditionary Forces, near Cunel, France, 11 October 1918. During the action in the Bois De Foret, Captain Norton, with another officer, braved the hazardous fire by going out into “No Man’s Land” and capturing 20 Germans at the point of his pistol. Although he lost two of the enemy during the encounter, he personally conducted the remaining back to our lines.