The President of the United States of America takes pleasure in presenting the Distinguished Flying Cross to Aviation Ordnanceman Second Class Alayne Melvin Beatty (NSN: 8669649), United States Navy, for heroism and extraordinary achievement while participating in aerial flight in twenty aerial flights against enemy forces within the period 3 January to 10 March 1945, during the invasion of Luzon, Philippine Islands, and during the invasion of Iwo Jima, Empire of Japan.