John Floyd Gray

The President of the United States takes pleasure in presenting the Navy Cross to John Floyd Gray, Lieutenant Commander, U.S. Navy, for extraordinary heroism in operations against the enemy while serving as Pilot of a carrier-based Navy Fighter Plane in Fighting Squadron FIVE (VF-5), embarked from the U.S.S. YORKTOWN (CV-10), in action on 16 and 22 February 1944, while deployed over Truk in the Caroline Islands and Saipan-Tinian in the Marianas Islands. His outstanding courage and determined skill were at all times inspiring and in keeping with the highest traditions of the United States Naval Service.