The President of the United States of America takes pleasure in presenting the Navy Cross to Pharmacist’s Mate Third Class Linn H. McEwan, United States Navy, for having distinguished himself by a display of extraordinary heroism, coolness, and excellent judgment in the performance of duty as a Hospital Corpsman with the 57th Company, 2d Battalion, 11th Marine Regiment, during an engagement in the vicinity of Bromaderos, Nicaragua, on 27 February 1928. The column on this occasion was attacked by a numerically superior force of armed bandits, and Corpsman McEwan at great risk to his own life under extremely heavy machine gun and rifle fire, crawled from man to man, administered first aid where needed, carried three wounded men to safety, and throughout the entire engagement displayed that quality of courage which characterizes conduct above and beyond the call of duty.