The President of the United States of America takes pleasure in presenting the Distinguished Flying Cross to First Lieutenant Marshall B. Armstrong (MCSN: 0-52243), United States Marine Corps, for extraordinary achievement while participating in aerial flight while serving with a carrier-based Marine Squadron in Korea. On 28 November 1952, First Lieutenant Armstrong led a flight of attack aircraft against a heavily defended enemy troop concentration at Naedong-ni. Promptly locating the village, in which three hundred and fifty Chinese Communist troops were billeted, he led a daring low level napalm attack through a narrow valley that offered the only approach to the target. Despite automatic weapons fire from the hills on either side, First Lieutenant Armstrong pressed to minimum altitude and scored direct hits with his fire bombs on the enemy stronghold. He then directed his flight in a series of rocket and strafing attacks that spread the flames through the entire village. Continuing an armed reconnaissance along the coast of the Haeju Peninsula, First Lieutenant Armstrong detected two separate groups of enemy supply vessels hidden in isolated coves. Despite heavy defensive fire, these targets were immediately subjected to machine gun and rocket assaults that demolished all serviceable craft. Through his outstanding leadership and the exceptional accuracy of his own attacks, First Lieutenant Armstrong contributed substantially to the destruction or damage of thirty-five buildings, the sinking of seven enemy supply vessels and the infliction of heavy casualties on hostile troops. His courageous conduct, professional skill and zealous devotion to duty throughout reflected great credit upon himself and upheld the highest traditions of the United States Naval Service.