The President of the United States of America takes pleasure in presenting the Distinguished Flying Cross to Lieutenant Burnette Newman Andrews, Jr. (NSN: 0-124644), United States Navy, for heroism and extraordinary achievement while participating in aerial flight on 16 February 1945, in operations against the enemy in the Tokyo Bay Area. In hazardous flying weather and in the face of intense anti-aircraft fire he pressed home an aggressive low-level attack upon a major enemy airbase, destroying two enemy bombers. His courage and skill were at all times in keeping with the highest traditions of the United States Naval Service.