The President of the United States of America takes pleasure in presenting the Distinguished Flying Cross to Lieutenant, Junior Grade Gordon A. Miller, United States Navy, for extraordinary achievement while participating in aerial flight for continuing preparation of the enemy contact and position reports, although he was wounded by shrapnel during combat with eight Zero-type fighter planes, and for supervising the interchange of crew positions when the enemy fire killed or wounded a number of his comrades during 1942. Later he tore up and jettisoned catwalks, fittings, and installations in a desperate effort to lighten the damaged ship and maintain altitude, but the plane was finally forced down. During the period prior to the rescue of the crew, Lieutenant, Junior Grade, Miller kept up the high spirits of his comrades by his unfailing confidence and inspiring courage.