The President of the United States of America takes pleasure in presenting the Distinguished Flying Cross to Lieutenant Commander Norio B. Endo, United States Navy, for extraordinary achievement while participating in aerial flight as Pilot in a large striking force launched against two bridges in North Vietnam on 23 April 1965. After repeated failures of the other aircraft to inflict major damage to the bridge, Lieutenant Commander Endo dropped the center span on his first run, thus playing a major part in denying the enemy use of the primary supply route.