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 Colonel Aldo Aymonino, Italian Army, for exceptionally meritorious and distinguished service in a position of great responsibility to the Government of the United States, during World War I. As Chief of Group of Allied Missions of the Commando Supremo in Italy, Colonel Aymonino rendered services for the American Expeditionary Forces and to the cause in which the United States has been engaged.