The President of the United States of America takes pleasure in presenting the Navy Cross to Commander (SC) Emmett C. Gudger, United States Navy, for distinguished service in the line of his profession as Supply Officer, Base 7, where, in spite of many difficulties incident to delays in transportation, he successfully maintained a stock sufficient for all demands and was able to meet without delay the call for supplies to outfit the German ships taken over as a result of the armistice.