The President of the United States of America, authorized by Act of Congress, July 9, 1918, takes pride in presenting the Distinguished Service Cross (Posthumously) to Second Lieutenant (Field Artillery) Arthur Allan Robinson, United States Army, for extraordinary heroism in action while serving with Battery C, 305th Field Artillery, 77th Division, American Expeditionary Forces, near Chery-Chartreuve, France, 16 August 1918. Lieutenant Robinson, assisted by Corporal Johnson, rescued the body of an officer from a flaming ammunition dump, which was under fire.