William Wilson Fitts

The President of the United States takes pleasure in presenting the Navy Cross to William Wilson Fitts, 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. BRAINE (DD-63), in action against the enemy on 27 May 1945, while deployed off the coast of Okinawa, in the Ryukyu Islands. His conduct throughout was in keeping with the highest traditions of the Navy of the United States.