The President of the United States of America takes pleasure in presenting the Distinguished Flying Cross to Staff Sergeant Chester A. Brunner (MCSN: 860145), United States Marine Corps Reserve, for extraordinary achievement while participating in aerial flight in the Bismarck Archipelago Islands Area from 13 December 1944 to 11 February 1945. Staff Sergeant Brunner completed twenty flights in a combat area where enemy anti-aircraft fire was expected to be effective or where enemy aircraft patrols usually occurred. His conduct throughout has distinguished him among those performing duties of the same character.