(Citation Needed) – SYNOPSIS: The President of the United States of America, authorized by Act of Congress July 9, 1918, takes pleasure in presenting a Bronze Oak Leaf Cluster in lieu of a Second Award of the Silver Star to First Lieutenant (Air Corps) Paul Irving Williams (ASN: 0-418154), United States Army Air Forces, for gallantry in action against the enemy while serving as Pilot of a B-17 Flying Fortress Bomber of the 64th Bombardment Squadron, 43d Bombardment Group (Heavy), FIFTH Air Force, in aerial operations during a mission over Rabaul, New Guinea, in the Southwest Pacific Theater of Operations, in October 1942. First Lieutenant Williams took his Flying Fortress Bomber to an extremely low altitude to bomb and strafe a Japanese airdrome at close range. The gallant actions and dedicated devotion to duty demonstrated by First Lieutenant Williams, without regard for his own life, were in keeping with the highest traditions of military service and reflect great credit upon himself and the United States Army Air Forces.