The President of the United States of America, authorized by Act of Congress, July 2, 1926, takes pleasure in presenting the Soldier’s Medal to Captain (Infantry) Robert W. Cook, United States Army, for heroism at the risk of life not involving conflict with an armed enemy as a member of Headquarters Company, 1st Battalion, 112th Infantry Regiment, at Camp Atterbury, Indiana. On 23 October 1950, a civilian lineman working on a power line suffered severe shock and burns from contact with a live wire. Captain Cook, seeing the man suspended by his safety belt and in great pain secured a ladder and a fire extinguisher, climbed the pole and, at great risk to himself from possible electric shock or fall from the ladder, succeeded in partially extinguishing the flames. The initiative and courage displayed by Captain Cook reflect great credit on himself and the military service.