The President of the United States of America takes pleasure in presenting the Navy Cross to Seaman John O. Grimes, United States Coast Guard, for extraordinary heroism on the occasion of the explosion of the T. A. Gillespie plant, Morgan, New Jersey, on 4 and 5 October 1918, in moving a train of nine cars loaded with T.N.T. from the danger zone when it was known at what moment further explosions might be expected.