The President of the United States of America takes pleasure in presenting the Navy Cross to Commander Herbert Fairfax Leary (NSN: 0-5051), United States Navy, for distinguished service in the line of his profession as Force Gunnery Officer on the Staff of the Commander Battleship, Force ONE, and especially for his zeal and devotion to duty in the direction of the training of armed guard crews and general gunnery in twenty-four battleships of the force.
