The President of the United States of America takes pleasure in presenting the Navy Cross to First Lieutenant John G. Walraven (MCSN: 0-3837), United States Marine Corps, for distinguished service in the line of his profession as commander of a patrol composed of men from the Second Brigade, U.S. Marine Corps, and from the Guardia Nacional of the Republic of Nicaragua operating in the vicinity of San Juan de Telpaneca, Province of Nueva Segovia, Nicaragua, on 1 December 1929. First Lieutenant John G. Walraven on making contact with a bandit group displayed such bravery, coolness and excellent leadership that the bandits were soon dispersed. In this engagement several bandits were killed while no casualties were suffered by the Marine and Guardia force. Throughout his sixteen months of service in Nicaragua he has, at all times, distinguished himself by his extraordinary courage and sound judgment in his many contacts with bandit forces.