The President of the United States of America takes pleasure in presenting the Navy Cross to Quartermaster First Class Thomas C. Holliday, United States Navy, for extraordinary heroism and devotion to duty while serving in the French Unit, U.S. Naval Aviation Forces. On 6 May 1918, the seaplane in which he, with two officers, had been making an antisubmarine patrol, was wrecked near Dunkirk. In spite of injuries to himself, Quartermaster First Class Holliday dived repeatedly to rescue the officers.