The President of the United States of America takes pleasure in presenting the Navy Cross to Lieutenant Douglas Castleberry Woodward, United States Navy, for distinguished service in the line of his profession attached to the U.S.S. YANKTON in the waters of Northern Russia, and especially for heroic conduct in command of an expedition composed of volunteers from the U.S.S. YANKTON for service with the allied lines of communication in the Murman Railway. This expedition was the principle means of supply of an isolated allied detachment which was constantly under fire. During these operations the detachment under Lieutenant Woodward was engaged with Bolshevik forces on several occasions.