The President of the United States of America takes pride in presenting the Navy Cross (Posthumously) to Second Lieutenant Harvey C. Norman (MCSN: 0-3040), United States Marine Corps, for extraordinary heroism as a Pilot in the First Marine Aviation force, attached to the Northern Bomb Group (USN), at the front in France. While on a bombing raid into enemy territory, 22 October 1918, Lieutenant Norman became separated from the other planes of his formation, owing to heavy fog and while so cut off was attacked by seven enemy scout planes. In the engagement which ensued he behaved with conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity, continuing the fight against overwhelming odds until he himself was killed and his plane shot down.