The President of the United States of America takes pleasure in presenting the Distinguished Flying Cross to Lieutenant James L. Brown, Jr. (NSN: 0-403331), United States Navy, for extraordinary achievement while participating in aerial flight as a pilot of a night fighter plane of Composite Squadron THREE (VC-3), Unit GEORGE, and serving with Fighting Squadron EIGHT HUNDRED SEVENTY-Four (VF-874) on board the U.S.S. ORISKANY (CVA-34) on 10 December 1952. While flying a combat strike over Communist-held North Korea in the Chongin area, Lieutenant Brown piloted his plane during the hours of total darkness and over mountainous terrain on his primary mission as a night heckler. He and his wingman, operating as a team, succeeded in locating two locomotives, four tank cars, and eight box cars in the marshalling yard of Ponggang. With the aid of flares, he pressed a low-level bombing attack against two locomotives, completely destroying one and heavily damaging the other. Despite intense anti-aircraft fire he made repeated attacks, destroying four of the railroad cars and severely damaging four more. He then made two additional bombing runs by the light of the burning cars, making a rail cut and scored a direct hit on a large storage building. By his outstanding courage and initiative, with disregard for his personal safety, he dealt an effective blow to the enemy’s transportation system and materially aided the interdiction efforts of the United Nations Forces against the enemy. His actions were in keeping with the highest traditions of the United States Naval Service.