The President of the United States of America, authorized by Act of Congress, July 2, 1926, takes pride in presenting a Bronze Oak Leaf Cluster in lieu of a Second Award of the Distinguished Flying Cross (Posthumously) to Lieutenant Colonel (Air Corps), [then First Lieutenant] Edwin S. Green (ASN: 0-22330), United States Army Air Forces, for extraordinary achievement while participating in aerial flight on 15 January 1942.