The President of the United States of America takes pleasure in presenting the Distinguished Flying Cross to First Lieutenant Rodney C. Bray (MCSN: 0-28680), United States Marine Corps, for extraordinary achievement while participating in aerial flight in connection with military operations against the enemy in the Marshall Islands and on Okinawa Shima, Nansei Shoto during the period 26 December 1944 to 9 May 1945. First Lieutenant Bray completed twenty flights in a combat area where enemy anti-aircraft fire was expected to be effective or where enemy aircraft patrols usually occurred. His conduct throughout has distinguished him among those performing duties of the same character.