The President of the United States of America takes pleasure in presenting the Navy Cross to Lieutenant Commander (MC) Robert G. LeConte, United States Navy (Reserve Force), for distinguished service in the line of his profession in the organization of Naval Base Hospital Unit 5, at Brest, France. Lieutenant Commander Le Conte volunteered for service at the front at critical periods and performed very valuable surgical work for the wounded on the occasions of the battle at Chateau Thierry, Belleau Wood, and Pierre Fonds.