(Citation Needed) – SYNOPSIS: Lieutenant Commander Frederic Birdsey Blakeman (NSN: 0-607025), United States Navy, was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross for heroism while participating in aerial flight as a pilot with Attack Squadron SEVENTY-SIX (VA-76), embarked in U.S.S. BON HOMME RICHARD (CVA-31), during combat operations in North Vietnam on 11 July 1967.