The President of the United States of America takes pleasure in presenting the Navy Cross to Lieutenant, Junior Grade (ChC) Albert N. Park, Jr., United States Navy, for extraordinary heroism in action southeast of Saint Etienne, France, on 4 October 1918, while attached to the Fifth Regiment (Marines), 2d Division, American Expeditionary Forces. Chaplain Park, while in charge of the regimental burial detail, voluntarily exposed himself to heavy shell fire to assist two wounded men to a place of safety, and calmly walked around among the men directing them to get under cover while remaining himself exposed.