(Citation Needed) – SYNOPSIS: First Lieutenant (Air Corps) Robert Marshall DeHaven (ASN: 0-73619), United States Army Air Forces, was awarded a Second Bronze Oak Leaf Cluster in lieu of a Third Award of the Distinguished Flying Cross for extraordinary achievement while participating in aerial flight while serving as a P-40 Fighter Pilot of the 7th Fighter Squadron, 49th Fighter Group, FIFTH Air Force, in action in the Pacific Theater of Operations during World War II. The skillful and zealous manner in which he has sought out the enemy and destroyed him, his devotion to duty and courage under all conditions serve as an inspiration to his fellow flyers. His actions on all these occasions reflect the highest credit upon himself and the Armed Forces of the United States.

The President of the United States of America, authorized by Act of Congress, July 2, 1926, takes pleasure in presenting a Bronze Oak Leaf Cluster in lieu of a Second Award of the Distinguished Flying Cross to First Lieutenant (Air Corps) Robert Marshall DeHaven (ASN: 0-73619), United States Army Air Forces, for extraordinary achievement while participating in aerial flight while serving as a P-40 Fighter Pilot of the 7th Fighter Squadron, 49th Fighter Group, FIFTH Air Force, in action over Madang, New Guinea, on 10 December 1943. When eight P-40s encountered twice as many Japanese fighters, Lieutenant DeHaven intercepted an enemy aircraft which was firing on his flight leader. After scoring with a short burst, he saw the pilot abandon his plane and parachute to earth about for miles Southwest of Alexishafen. This was the fifth enemy airplane destroyed by Lieutenant DeHaven in aerial combat.