The President of the United States of America, authorized by Act of Congress, July 9, 1918, takes pleasure in presenting the Distinguished Service Cross to Lieutenant, Junior Grade (MC) Dwight Dickinson, Jr., United States Navy (Reserve Force), for extraordinary heroism in action near St. Etienne, France, 4 October 1918, while serving as Assistant Surgeon, attached to the Fifth Regiment (Marines), 2d Division, American Expeditionary Forces Under terrific shell and machine-gun fire, Lieutenant, Junior Grade, Dickinson attended the wounded with utter disregard for his own safety. When a shell struck the dressing station which he had established in an advanced zone, he rushed to the assistance of the wounded, and, through his devotion to duty, many lives were saved.