Thomas G. Berrien

The Navy Cross is awarded to Lieutenant Commander Thomas G. Berrien, U.S. Navy, for distinguished service in the line of his profession as commanding officer of the U.S.S. K-5, engaged in the important, exacting, and hazardous duty of patrolling the waters infested by enemy submarines, destroyers, and mines, protecting vitally important convoys of troops and supplies; and in offensive and defensive action, vigorously and unremittingly prosecuted against all forms of enemy naval activity.