The President of the United States of America takes pleasure in presenting the Distinguished Flying Cross to Captain Eugene P. Bable (MCSN: 0-20429), United States Marine Corps, for extraordinary achievement while participating in aerial flight in connection with military operations against the enemy in the Bismarck Archipelago Area from 5 March 1945 to 28 March 1945. Captain Bable completed twenty flights in a combat area where enemy anti-aircraft fire was expected to be effective or where enemy aircraft patrols usually occurred and on one or more of these missions such enemy opposition was encountered. His conduct throughout has distinguished him among those performing duties of the same character.