The President of the United States of America takes pleasure in presenting the Distinguished Flying Cross to Lieutenant Junior Grade Jarrel S. Jenkins (NSN: 0-176797), United States Naval Reserve, for extraordinary achievement while participating in aerial flight as a member of a section of three Torpedo Bombers. Lieutenant, Junior Grade, Jenkins pressed home attacks on a valuable Japanese carrier in the western lagoon of the Palau Islands on 30 March 1944. His airmanship and fighting spirit were material factors in the ultimate sinking of the ship.