The President of the United States of America takes pleasure in presenting the Navy Cross to Corporal Robert B. Salsberry (MCSN: 570755), United States Marine Corps, for extraordinary heroism in connection with military operations against an armed enemy of the United Nations while serving as a Squad Leader in Company I, Third Battalion, Fifth Marines, FIRST Marine Division (Reinforced), in action against enemy aggressor forces in the vicinity of Seoul, Korea, on 26 September 1950. Although six members of his group became casualties and he, himself, suffered serious wounds when his squad was cut off from the rest of the company and pinned down by an intense barrage of enemy small-arms and machine-gun fire, Corporal Salsberry remained with the wounded and single-handedly held off the enemy for seven hours until friendly reinforcements arrive to assist him and evacuate the dead and wounded Marines. By his outstanding courage, daring initiative and selfless devotion to duty in the face of almost insuperable odds, Corporal Salsberry upheld the highest traditions of the United States Naval Service.