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 Reserve Nurse Isabelle Stambaugh, United States Army, for extraordinary heroism in action while serving with Base Hospital No. 10, Nurse Corps, American Expeditionary Forces (Attached), in front of Amiens, France, 21 March 1918, while with a surgical team at a British Casualty Clearing Station during the big German drive of 21 March 1918, in front of Amiens, France. Nurse Stambaugh was seriously wounded by shell fire from German aeroplanes.