The President of the United States of America takes pride in presenting the Distinguished Flying Cross (Posthumously) to Lieutenant Leonard A. Johnson, United States Navy, for extraordinary achievement while participating in aerial flight when an enemy convoy of five small, heavily armed cargo vessels was sighted near Truk on 5 May 1944. Lieutenant Johnson maneuvered his patrol bomber for a daring attack and made 14 bombing and strafing runs at perilously low altitude. Despite intense anti-aircraft fire, he sank one ship and inflicted severe damage on the others.