Alameda County CA Archives Military Records.....Blake, Robert 1918
WWI 5th Regt. USMC
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Distinguished Service Cross Citation
  Robert Blake, first lieutenant, 5th Regiment, United States Marine Corps. For
extraordinary heroism in action near Bois de Belleau, France, June 6, 1918. When the
line was temporarily held up, he volunteered and maintained liaison with the 49th
Company, continually crossing and recrossing an open field swept by intense
machine-gun fire. Later in the engagement he established liaison with the French
unit on the left flank, crossing a wheat field under heavy machine-gun and sniping
fire, and returned with valuable information. Residence at appointment: 1148 Amador
Avenue, Berkeley, Calif.

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CONGRESSIONAL MEDAL OF HONOR
THE DISTINGUISHED SERVICE CROSS
AND THE
DISTINGUISHED SERVICE MEDAL
ISSUED BY THE WAR DEPARTMENT
Since April 6, 1917
Up to and including
General Orders, No. 126, War Department, November 11, 1919

COMPILED IN THE OFFICE OF THE ADJUTANT GENERAL OF THE ARMY
WASHINGTON
GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE
1920


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