HENRY H. COBB, JR. First Lieutenant, Field Artillery, Battery “B”, 42d Field Artillery Battalion, for extraordinary heroism in action from 10 November to 12 November 1944, in the Burtgen Forest, Germany. Lieutenant Cobb, forward observer for a field artillery unit, displayed remarkable courage and competence, and was largely responsible for averting disaster to elements of friendly infantry which had become surrounded. On four distinct occasions, he faced either direct tank fire from points as near as seventy-five yards, or intense hostile artillery, mortar, and small arms fire, in order to direct effective artillery fire against the attacking enemy. One direct hit demolished a dugout from which he was operating. Later, a heavy artillery near miss buried him, momentarily, in debris. Undaunted by these perilous circumstances, he pursued until he had successfully repulsed every assault and on one occasion annihilated an entire enemy force of approximately seventy-five men. Entered military service from Birmingham, Alabama.