The President of the United States of America takes pleasure in presenting the Distinguished Flying Cross to Lieutenant, Junior Grade [then Ensign] Robert E. Pellissier, United States Navy, for extraordinary achievement while participating in aerial flight in the Solomon Islands, 7 August 1942. Piloting a scout bomber off Guadalcanal, Lieutenant, Junior Grade Pellissier sought out and destroyed assigned hostile anti-aircraft positions by bombing and strafing attacks which resulted in loss of life and equipment to the Japanese. He helped make it possible for our forces to occupy the area.