The President of the United States of America takes pleasure in presenting the Distinguished Flying Cross to Lieutenant Hubert Smolsnik, United States Navy, for extraordinary achievement while participating in aerial flight as Pilot of a Navy Patrol Plane during World War II. Lieutenant Smolsnik pressed home a deadly depth-charge and machine gun assault on a U-boat with such skill and accuracy that the ensuing explosions straddled the hull and disabled the submarine, forcing her crew to abandon ship.