The President of the United States of America takes pleasure in presenting the Distinguished Flying Cross to Lieutenant Commander Thomas D. Davies, United States Navy, for extraordinary achievement while participating in aerial flight as a bomber pilot on an anti-submarine sweep during World War II. After sighting a surfaced U-boat, Lieutenant Commander Davies pressed home a bold depth-bomb attack and defied intense anti-aircraft fire to force the submarine gun crew to abandon her guns. A second depth bomb exploded on the submarine’s deck, completing its destruction.