The President of the United States of America takes pleasure in presenting the Navy Cross to First Lieutenant Roger Anthony Haberman (MCSN: 0-9402), United States Marine Corps Reserve, for extraordinary heroism and distinguished service in the line of his profession while serving as Section Leader and a Pilot in Marine Fighting Squadron ONE HUNDRED TWENTY-ONE (VMF-121), Marine Air Group FOURTEEN (MAG-14), FIRST Marine Aircraft Wing, in aerial combat against enemy Japanese forces in the Solomon Islands Area during the period 9 October 1942 to 22 January 1943. So skillful and daring was Lieutenant Haberman’s leadership that during the above period his section of eight fighter planes shot down sixty-eight enemy aircraft. Lieutenant Haberman personally accounted for seven of them. On one occasion, after having been wounded, he returned to the engagement and shot down an enemy bomber. His courageous conduct and aggressive leadership were in keeping with the highest traditions of the United States Naval Service.