Enclosure (2) to COMDTINST 1650.5A
THE SECRETARY OF THE NAVY
WASHINGTON
The President of the United States takes pleasure in presenting the NAVY CROSS to:
PAUL LEAMAN CLARK, FIREMAN FIRST CLASS
UNITED STATES COAST GUARD
for services as set forth in the following
CITATION:
"The Navy Cross is presented to Paul Leaman Clark, Fireman First Class, U.S. Coast Guard, for
extraordinary heroism while serving as engineer of a landing boat attached to the U.S.S. Joseph
T. Dickman during the assault on and occupation of French Morocco from November 8 to 11,
1942. When a hostile plane strafed his boat with machinegun fire, mortally wounding the bow