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 Philip Roberge (ASN: 110649), United States Army, for extraordinary heroism in action while serving with Company D, 103d Machine-Gun Battalion, 26th Division, American Expeditionary Forces, near Belleau, France, 18 July 1918. Private Roberge showed absolute disregard of personal danger while acting as litter bearer, bringing in wounded from his own and other companies under heavy machine-gun and artillery fire. While carrying a stretcher, which bore a wounded soldier, he received a wound which put out one of his eyes, yet he continued until the wounded man had been taken to the dressing station.