Robert J. Brodie, Jr.

The President of the United States takes pleasure in presenting the Navy Cross to Robert J. Brodie, Jr., Lieutenant Commander, U.S. Navy, for extraordinary heroism and distinguished service in the line of his profession as Commanding Officer of the Destroyer U.S.S. DALLAS (DD-199), in action against hostile forces during the occupation of Port Lyautey, French Morocco, on 10 November 1942. In a remarkable demonstration of seamanship and resourcefulness, Lieutenant Commander Brodie, proceeding with a detachment of raider troops across a treacherous bar through heavy surf, entered the shallow Sebou River and by breaking a steel cable boom with the bow of his ship, forced his way, often literally ploughing through mud, ten miles up the river where he landed the raider troops at Port Lyautey airfield.