The President of the United States of America takes pleasure in presenting the Distinguished Flying Cross to Lieutenant Albert R. Hyde, United States Navy, for heroism and extraordinary achievement while participating in aerial flight on 1 July 1966, as Pilot and a Section Leader of a flight of aircraft on a surface-to-air missile suppression mission. While en route to his target area, the Duong Nham POL storage facilities, the section leader repeatedly exposed his aircraft to enemy missile sites in order to locate their positions. He was successful, and delivered a missile, silencing one of the sites. Upon hearing a distress call from his commanding officer’s plane, he rendezvoused with the crippled aircraft and escorted it to the coast where the pilot ejected. He continued to orbit the area, directing efforts for rescue of the downed pilot until low fuel forced him to return to his ship.