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 Sergeant Oliver Thomas Robinson (ASN: 1319236), United States Army, for extraordinary heroism in action while serving with Company A, 120th Infantry Regiment, 30th Division, American Expeditionary Forces, near Vaux Andigny, France, 10 October 1918. Although severely wounded, Sergeant Robinson displayed remarkable coolness in extricating his platoon from an extremely dangerous position under terrific shell and machine-gun fire, thereby saving it from almost certain annihilation. Being wounded a second time, he refused to go to the rear until ordered to do so by his company commander.