The President of the United States of America takes pleasure in presenting the Distinguished Flying Cross to Lieutenant Commander Robert G. Dose, United States Navy, for extraordinary achievement while participating in aerial flight while leading his squadron as escort for torpedo and dive bombers in a strike at enemy installations at Sabang, Sumatra, during World War II. Lieutenant Commander Dose directed his own four-plane division in destroying six planes and forcing a landing craft to beach. Later, flying cover for seven dive bombers attacking shipping in the harbor at Soerabaja, Java, he led his division in setting fire to three planes. On the return flight to his carrier, eight more planes were burned and six others damaged at Malang.