The President of the United States of America, authorized by Act of Congress, July 9, 1918, takes pleasure in presenting the Army Distinguished Service Medal to Lieutenant Colonel (Medical Corps) Joseph M. Flint, United States Army, for exceptionally meritorious and distinguished services to the Government of the United States, in a duty of great responsibility during World War I. When placed in a position of great responsibility as Commanding Officer of Mobile Hospital No. 39 at Aulnois-sous-Vertuzey, France, Lieutenant Colonel Flint used extraordinary skill and sound judgment in the organization and operation of that unit, the first of its kind in the American Expeditionary Forces. In its formative period he was faced by great and unforeseen difficulties, but with untiring energy and genius he surmounted all obstacles, making his unit a model for all those subsequently organized.