The President of the United States of America takes pleasure in presenting the Navy Cross to Lieutenant (MC) George L. White, United States Navy, for heroic and distinguished service at Vierzy, on 19 July 1918. As a Battalion Surgeon, Sixth Regiment (Marines), 2d Division, American Expeditionary Forces, when at his dressing station treating the wounded, he received a serious wound in the thigh from a high explosive shell. Disregarding his own wound, he continued dressing other wounded men, until they had been safely evacuated.