The President of the United States of America takes pleasure in presenting the Navy Cross to Ensign John F. Staub, United States Navy (Reserve Force), for distinguished service in the line of his profession as a Pilot of a Seaplane, carrying out a large number of hazardous war patrol flights in the vicinity of enemy coasts with skill and daring; and especially on the occasion of the attack on a submarine on 9 July 1918, when as Observer of the Seaplane, he dropped bombs, which either destroyed or seriously damaged the submarine.