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 Chief Nurse Lynnette L. Vandervort, United States Army Nurse Corps, 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 Nurse of the Mars Hospital Center, France, during the World War, Chief Nurse Vandervort was largely responsible for the nursing care of thousands of sick and wounded at that center. Her work was characterized by great efficiency, tact, and good judgment. Later, as Chief Nurse of the Nurses’ Embarkation Center at Vannes, France, she had under her care at one time as many as 1,100 nurses for whom she was responsible. Her efforts in this capacity to facilitate the work of demobilization, and to improve the general welfare of the nurses, contributed largely not only to the success of their concentration and organization for transfer to the United States but also to their high morale and physical well-being.