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 Emmett W. Robins (ASN: 486867), United States Army, for extraordinary heroism in action while serving with Company F, 64th Infantry Regiment, 7th Division, American Expeditionary Forces, near Vieville-en-Haye, France, 20 October 1918. Corporal Robins, with four other soldiers, was on duty in an observation post, when a German patrol 15 or 20 strong, attacked with a machine-gun. His four companions being immediately killed or wounded, Private Robins, with great coolness and courage, remained at his post, and returned the fire with such good effect that the enemy broke and fled, leaving two dead and the machine-gun behind.