The President of the United States of America takes pleasure in presenting the Navy Cross to Ensign Emory A. Stone, United States Navy (Reserve Force), for extraordinary heroism as pilot of a British Seaplane on 16 March 1918. The plane, with Ensign Stone as pilot and Sub-Lieutenant Eric Moore, U.N.A.S., as observer, was engaged on convoy patrol and while in pursuit of a supposed submarine was obliged to make a landing in the sea so rough that the machine released with messages and one of these reached home and gave news of the situation, but although a search was at once instituted, the men were not rescued until they had clung to the wrecked plane for 82 hours without food or water, enduring their sufferings with splendid courage and fortitude.