The President of the United States of America takes pleasure in presenting the Distinguished Flying Cross to Master Sergeant Robert P. Becker (MCSN: 323393), United States Marine Corps, for extraordinary achievement while participating in aerial flight against the enemy in Korea. On 28 January 1953, Master Sergeant Becker served as radar operator of a Marine jet night-fighter escorting a flight of medium bombers in a night attack on enemy installations. Warned of an unidentified aircraft rapidly closing on the bomber formation thirty thousand feet above Sinanju, Master Sergeant Becker assisted in the interception of an enemy jet fighter. In the ensuing aerial duel he established direct radar contact with the violently maneuvering enemy plane and continually tracked its flight until it was ultimately destroyed less than fifteen hundred feet above the ground. By his skillful operation of the radar equipment in perfect fulfillment of the pilot’s requirements, Master Sergeant Becker contributed substantially to the success of a mission that protected friendly bombers from enemy interception and accomplished destruction of an enemy fighter in a night action. His courageous conduct, professional competence, and devotion to duty throughout reflected great credit upon himself and upheld the highest traditions of the United States Naval Service.