The President of the United States of America, authorized by Act of Congress, July 2, 1926, takes pleasure in presenting a Second Bronze Oak Leaf Cluster in lieu of a Third Award of the Distinguished Flying Cross to Colonel Andrew Julius Evans, Jr. (AFSN: FR-4072/0-23882), United States Air Force, for extraordinary achievement while participating in aerial flight as a Pilot, 49th Fighter-Bomber Wing, FIFTH Air Force, on 14 February 1953. On that date, Colonel Evans was pre-briefed to perform armed reconnaissance along the heavily defended enemy main supply routes from Pyongyang to Sinan-ju, North Korea. Colonel Evans planned his mission to perfectly coordinate with the night missions of other aircraft in the area in order to cause the enemy maximum harassment and delay, and, flying under instrument conditions most of the way, arrived over the target area at exactly the pre-briefed time. Reconnoitering over the strongest flak and searchlight concentrations in North Korea, Colonel Evans chose the largest vehicle concentration, although it was within range of the Sinan-ju guns, and initiated an attack. Courageously bearing in to a dangerously low altitude, he released his two five-hundred-pound bombs singly. After pulling up and breaking hard to escape the hail of automatic weapons and small arms fire that was directed at him, he saw that he had caused two secondary explosions and a large fire. Through his keen flying skill, superb marksmanship and outstanding devotion to duty, Colonel Evans reflected the highest credit upon himself and the military service. great credit upon himself, the Far East Air Forces, and the United States Air Force.