The President of the United States of America takes pleasure in presenting the Distinguished Flying Cross to Lieutenant Wayne Daris Rorman (NSN: 0-129949), United States Naval Reserve, for heroism and extraordinary achievement while participating in aerial flight under fire, as Patrol Plane Commander of a Navy Liberator Search Plane in action against enemy forces near the Bonin Islands on 31 October 1944. In company with another Liberator Search Plane he made repeated low level strafing and bombing attacks against even enemy merchant ships, and in the face of heavy anti-aircraft fire from the ships and nearby shore batteries, and despite repeated attacks by five enemy fighter planes, he and the accompanying Liberator succeeded in sinking three merchant ships and seriously damaging the other four. His cool effective performance of duty and his display of courage under fire with total disregard for personal safety, were in keeping with the highest traditions of the United States Naval Service.