Asher C. Baker

The Navy Cross is presented to Asher C. Baker, Captain, U.S. Navy, for exceptionally meritorious service in a duty of great responsibility in connection with a great variety of important activities in France, in association and co-operation with United States military, civil, and diplomatic officials and with the French authorities, especially in matters relating to the arrival and transportation of United States troops and supplies. Also as a naval representative on the staff of the commander in chief of the American Expeditionary Forces.