“The I Company's roadblock at Beek had been forced back on the 18th and reestablished on the 19fth of September [1944]    When all of the officers, and most non-coms present became casualties, Corporal Robert Chisolm took command of the road block - a total of 83 men.  For the exemplary leadership Chisolm showed in this and the ensuing action he later received the Legion of Merit.

(Source: History of the 508th Parachute Infantry, by William G. Lord, pg 50, Washington Infantry Journal Press, Washington, DC, 1947 and reprinted in 1977 by The Battery Press, Nashville, TN)