The President of the United States of America takes pleasure in presenting the Navy Cross to Pharmacist’s Mate Third Class Earl S. Grauer, United States Navy, for heroic conduct in rescuing his comrade, Private William A. Weaver, United States Marine Corps, from a position exposed to heavy machine-gun and artillery fire. Private Weaver had been seriously wounded at Soissons (France), on the morning of 19 July 1918, when at the risk of his own life, Pharmacist’s Mate Grauer went out in front of our own lines, close to the line of the enemy and stopped the flow of blood from the wounds of Private Weaver and after binding his wounded leg, carried him to a position of shelter from the fire of the enemy thereby saving his life.