The President of the United States of America takes pleasure in presenting the Navy Cross to Lieutenant, Junior Grade Nils Anders Adelsten Carlson (NSN: 0-325620), United States Navy, for extraordinary heroism in operations against the enemy while serving as Pilot of a carrier-based Navy Dive Bomber of Bombing Squadron EIGHTY-THREE (VB-83), attached to the U.S.S. ESSEX (CV-9), in action against major units of the Japanese Fleet at Yokosuka, Tokyo Bay, Japan, on 18 July 1945. Skillfully maneuvering his aircraft in a dive-bombing attack on an enemy battleship, Lieutenant, Junior Grade, Carlson pressed home his attack in the face of intense anti-aircraft fire and scored a direct bomb hit on the target, thereby contributing materially to the infliction of damage on the warship. His airmanship, courage and determination throughout the attack were in keeping with the highest traditions of the United States Naval Service.