The President of the United States of America takes pleasure in presenting the Navy Cross to Pharmacist’s Mate Third Class Alvin Lester Bowman, United States Navy, for extraordinary heroism while serving as a Corpsman with the Fifty-First Company, Fifth Regiment (Marines), 2d Division, American Expeditionary Forces, in action at the front in giving first aid to wounded and carrying them to a place of comparative safety. On the night of November 10th, under a heavy artillery bombardment and withering machine gun fire, Pharmacist’s Mate Third Class Bowman exposed himself recklessly without a thought of personal danger and unaided carried three men across the Meuse River.