The President of the United States of America takes pleasure in presenting the Navy Cross to Captain Peter C. Geyer (MCSN: 0-335), United States Marine Corps, for distinguished service in the line of his profession while continuously in the Northern Area from 1 April 1928 to 30 June 1929, successively as Battalion Executive Officer, Battalion Commander, and Intelligence Officer of the Eleventh Regiment and Northern Area. As Battalion Executive Officer under Major Rockey of the First Battalion, Eleventh Regiment, Captain Geyer was constantly engaged in and led active combat patrols against bandits. He later commanded an independent patrol designated to move down the Coco river, known as the Coco River Expedition. During this operation he showed the highest qualities of courage, leadership and ability. The expedition involved the crossing of forty-seven rapids, and he actually did succeed in crossing twenty-four rapids. The river at the time was in flood and there was hardly a moment when members of this unit were not in jeopardy of their lives. The expedition was finally called off by higher authority, due to a realization that Captain Geyer had been given an impossible task to perform. As Battalion Commander, Captain Geyer originated and successfully conducted most important active combat operations against bandits in Eastern Segovia, which unquestionably were of the greatest value in the suppression of banditry in this area.