The President of the United States of America, in the name of Congress, takes pleasure in presenting the Medal of Honor to Chief Gunner’s Mate Mons Monssen, United States Navy, for extraordinary heroism in the line of his profession while serving on board the U.S.S. Missouri near Pensacola, Florida, for entering a burning magazine through the scuttle and endeavoring to extinguish the fire by throwing water with his hands until a hose was passed to him, 13 April 1904.