The President of the United States of America takes pleasure in presenting the Distinguished Flying Cross to Aviation Machinist’s Mate First Class Clifford Daniel Boyer (NSN: 2506170), United States Navy, for heroism and extraordinary achievement while participating in aerial flight as Turret Gunner in a carrier-based torpedo plane in a glide bombing attack on a formation of the Japanese fleet on 25 October 1944, in the vicinity of the Philippine Islands in the Second Battle of the Philippine Sea. His plane scored two bomb hits on a battleship. He performed his assigned duties with outstanding courage and ability while flying through a dense curtain of anti-aircraft fire from the Japanese Fleet. His unflinching and alert performance of duty was an important contribution to the success of the attack and was at all times in keeping with the highest traditions of the United States Naval Service.