The President of the United States of America takes pleasure in presenting the Distinguished Flying Cross to Lieutenant Howland S. Davis, United States Navy, for extraordinary achievement while participating in aerial flight during World War II. When his plane made contact with a hostile submarine, Lieutenant Davis delivered successive and accurate depth charges forcing the undersea craft to the surface. Later, with the help of another plane, he left the sub in a sinking condition, abandoned by her crew and at the mercy of our surface vessels.