By direction of the President, under the provisions of the act of Congress approved July 9, 1918 (Bul. No. 43, W.D., 1918), Pharmacist’s Mate Third Class George Douglas Witt, United States Navy, is cited (Posthumously) by the Commanding General, SECOND DIVISION A.E.F., for gallantry in action and a silver star may be placed upon the ribbon of the Victory Medals awarded him. Pharmacist’s Mate Third Class Witt distinguished himself by gallantry in action while serving as a Corpsman attached to the Sixth Machine-Gun Battalion, Sixth Regiment (Marines), 2d Division, American Expeditionary Forces, in action near Blanc Mont, France, 6 October 1918. Pharmacist’s Mate Third Class Witt displayed remarkable bravery and coolness in giving medical aid to the wounded while going forward with the assault waves, during the attack north of Blanc Mont Ridge, and near St. Etienne-a-Arnes, France. Later in the afternoon of the same date, while giving first aid to a wounded Marine, in an advanced machine-gun post, he was seriously wounded by an enemy sniper.