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 Major Leslie R. Holland, Jr., United States Air Force, for extraordinary achievement while participating in aerial flight as an F-111 Aircraft Commander near Hanoi, North Vietnam on 27 December 1972. On this night Major Holland launched against a staging area near the **** bridge in North Vietnam. Upon entering the Delta area surrounding the Hanoi region, Major Hollard was forced to manually fly the low level portion of the mission and manually navigate to the target due to failures in the terrain. Following radar and navigation systems within the aircraft, rather than abort the mission, Major Holland located the Red River and continued to the target area despite intense antiaircraft fire and numerous radar vectoring indications. His saturation of the subsequent strike seriously hampered the re-supply network within North Vietnam. The professional competence, aerial skill and devotion to duty displayed by Major Holland reflect great credit upon himself and upheld the highest traditions of the United States Air Force.