The President of the United States of America takes pleasure in presenting the Distinguished Flying Cross to Captain Harold F. Brown (MCSN: 0-10595), United States Marine Corps, for extraordinary achievement while participating in aerial flight in connection with military operations against the enemy in the Solomon Islands Area from 8 February 1943 to 13 July 1943, Captain Brown completed twenty flights in a combat area where enemy anti-aircraft fire was expected to be effective or where enemy aircraft patrols usually occurred and on one or more of these missions such enemy opposition was encountered . His conduct throughout has distinguished him among those performing duties of the same character.