The President of the United States of America takes pleasure in presenting the Navy Cross to Sergeant Robert D. Raysbrook (MCSN: 277812), United States Marine Corps, for extraordinary heroism and conspicuous devotion to duty while serving with Headquarters Company, First Battalion, Seventh Marines, FIRST Marine Division, in action against enemy Japanese forces near Point Cruz, Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands, on 27 September 1942. Standing on a bare ridge completely exposed to heavy Japanese machine gun, mortar and rifle fire, Sergeant Raysbrook, with utter disregard for his own personal safety, and while his comrades were being killed and wounded to the right and left of him, semaphored on each of three occasions to a United States navy destroyer, giving the position of his battalion landing party. As a result of this action his comrades, with supporting fire from the guns of the destroyer, were able to inflict heavy losses on the enemy, fight their way through Japanese lines and withdraw to the beach. His outstanding courage and gallant intrepidity were in keeping with the highest traditions of the United States Naval Service.