The President of the United States of America takes pride in presenting the Navy Distinguished Service Medal (Posthumously) to Lieutenant Stanton Frederick Kalk, United States Navy, for extraordinary heroism in the line of his profession on the occasion of the destruction of the U.S.S. JACOB JONES by a submarine, on 6 December 1917. Lieutenant Kalk, as Officer of the Deck, when the submarine was sighted, took prompt and correct measures in maneuvering to avoid the torpedo, and later showed extraordinary heroism in sacrificing himself by giving up his place on a life raft to make room for others, as a result of which splendid self-sacrifice, he lost his life.