(Citation Needed) – SYNOPSIS: The President of the United States of America, authorized by Act of Congress July 9, 1918, takes pride in presenting the Silver Star (Posthumously) to First Lieutenant (Air Corps) Roy Hamilton Long, Jr. (ASN: 0-810685), United States Army Air Forces, for gallantry in action against the enemy while serving as Pilot of a P-51 Mustang Fighter Airplane of the 2d Air Commando Group, TENTH Air Force, in aerial operations in the China-Burma-India Theater of Operations, on or about 29 April 1945. The gallant actions and dedicated devotion to duty demonstrated by First Lieutenant Long, without regard for his own life, were in keeping with the highest traditions of military service and reflect great credit upon himself and the United States Army Air Forces.