He graduated from the Naval Academy at Annapolis in 1897. He was a veteran of the Spanish-American War and World War I.
Navy Cross Citation:
The President of the United States of America takes pleasure in presenting the Navy Cross to Captain Austin Kautz, United States Navy, for distinguished service in the line of his profession as Commanding Officer of the U.S.S. MACHIAS, engaged in the important, exacting and hazardous duty of transporting and escorting troops and supplies through waters infested with enemy submarines and mines during World War I.
Navy Cross Citation:
The President of the United States of America takes pleasure in presenting the Navy Cross to Captain Austin Kautz, United States Navy, for distinguished service in the line of his profession as Commanding Officer of the U.S.S. MACHIAS, engaged in the important, exacting and hazardous duty of transporting and escorting troops and supplies through waters infested with enemy submarines and mines during World War I.
He graduated from the Naval Academy at Annapolis in 1897. He was a veteran of the Spanish-American War and World War I.
Navy Cross Citation:
The President of the United States of America takes pleasure in presenting the Navy Cross to Captain Austin Kautz, United States Navy, for distinguished service in the line of his profession as Commanding Officer of the U.S.S. MACHIAS, engaged in the important, exacting and hazardous duty of transporting and escorting troops and supplies through waters infested with enemy submarines and mines during World War I.
Navy Cross Citation:
The President of the United States of America takes pleasure in presenting the Navy Cross to Captain Austin Kautz, United States Navy, for distinguished service in the line of his profession as Commanding Officer of the U.S.S. MACHIAS, engaged in the important, exacting and hazardous duty of transporting and escorting troops and supplies through waters infested with enemy submarines and mines during World War I.
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