Arthur L. Willard
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The Navy Cross is presented to Arthur L. Willard, Captain, U.S. Navy, for exceptionally meritorious service in a duty of great responsibility as superintendent of the naval gun factory, which, under his command, was rapidly expanded to meet the extraordinary demands created by the war, and so efficiently administered as to maintain a steady flow of absolutely essential ordnance material to the service.