The President of the United States of America takes pleasure in presenting the Navy Cross to Second Lieutenant Frank K. Bosworth, Jr. (MCSN: 0-41751), United States Marine Corps Reserve, for extraordinary heroism as a Platoon Leader of Company E, Second Battalion, First Marines, FIRST Marine Division, in action against enemy Japanese forces on Okinawa, Ryukyu Islands, 9 May 1945. When his men were pinned down by heavy hostile fire during an attack against a strongly-held enemy position, Second Lieutenant Bosworth courageously moved forward and single-handedly assaulted and destroyed two Japanese pillboxes and their occupants, thereby enabling his platoon to continue its advance and seize the objective. Although severely wounded after reaching the objective, he refused to be evacuated until his men were reorganized, their lines established and all other wounded were treated and evacuated. By his aggressive fighting spirit, skilled leadership and gallant devotion to duty, Second Lieutenant Bosworth contributed materially to the success of this operation, and upheld the highest traditions of the United States Naval Service.