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 Major (Medical Corps) William B. Malone, 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. As Chief of Surgical Teams in hospital formations at the front through all the combat activities of the American Expeditionary Forces from the Cantigny offensive to the close of the Meuse-Argonne offensive, with rare technical skill and high professional attainments, Major Malone rendered service of a most conspicuous nature in a position of great responsibility and at a time of graves importance.