The President of the United States of America takes pleasure in presenting the Distinguished Flying Cross to Ensign Robert Alden Beavers (NSN: 0-508329), United States Navy, for extraordinary achievement while participating in aerial flight in the Korean Theater during the period 5 August to 22 October 1950. As a Pilot of an attack bomber in Attack Squadron FIFTY-FIVE (VA-55), he participated in thirty-five strike missions over enemy territory.