The President of the United States of America takes pleasure in presenting the Distinguished Flying Cross to First Lieutenant Donald E. Fisher, Jr. (MCSN: 0-48488), United States Marine Corps Reserve, for heroism and extraordinary achievement while participating in aerial flight as Pilot of a Plane in Marine Attack Squadron THREE HUNDRED TWELVE (VMA-312), during operations against enemy aggressor forces in Korea on 16 January 1953. Participating in a high priority aerial assault against a heavily defended and vitally important railroad tunnel located along the main enemy rail route near Sariwon, First Lieutenant Fisher maneuvered his aircraft through the precipitous terrain and conducted a daring low-level assault that scored decisive rail cuts, despite intense hostile bracketing fire from the slopes on both sides of the tunnel. Although his plane was seriously damaged by enemy defensive fire when he began his second run, he resolutely pressed his attack and, diving to minimum altitude, skipped a bomb directly into the southern entrance of the tunnel. As a result of the explosion which followed, large amounts of debris were blown from both portals and the southern portal was completely sealed. While another member of the flight conducted a low-level damage assessment, he skillfully maneuvered his stricken aircraft on flak suppression runs. By his superb airmanship, courage and determination, First Lieutenant Fisher was directly responsible for the complete destruction of a vital link in the enemy’s re-supply of front-line troops by rail and upheld the highest traditions of the United States Naval Service.