Henry D. Cooke

The Navy Cross is awarded to Commander Henry D. Cooke, U.S. Navy, for distinguished service in the line of his profession as commanding officer of the U.S.S. Allen, operating in the war zone and protecting vitally important convoys of troop and cargo ships through the area of submarine activity, and for prompt and efficient action in contacts with enemy submarines on March 11 and March 16, 1918.