The President of the United States of America takes pleasure in presenting the Distinguished Flying Cross to First Lieutenant Arthur R. Bousquet (MCSN: 0-49246), United States Marine Corps Reserve, for heroism while participating in aerial flight against the enemy as a member of Marine Fighter Squadron THREE HUNDRED TWELVE (VMF-312), on 14 November 1951, in the vicinity of Mandung-ni, Korea. While flying as section leader on a close support mission, First Lieutenant Bousquet displayed outstanding airmanship as he pressed home his attack. On his first run he detected two enemy gun positions and scored a direct hit on one of them with a napalm bomb. Despite the heavy concentration of enemy fire from small arms and automatic weapons, he made repeated low level napalm and bombing attacks scoring direct hits on the second gun position and three large bunkers. First Lieutenant Bousquet personally accounted for two gun positions and three enemy bunkers destroyed. By his aggressiveness, courage, and fearless devotion to duty he greatly decreased the effectiveness of the enemy force confronting the United Nations troops. His actions throughout the entire engagement were in keeping with the highest traditions of the United States Naval Service.