The President of the United States of America takes pleasure in presenting the Distinguished Flying Cross to Lieutenant William B. Bridgeman (NSN: 0-104049), United States Navy, for heroism and extraordinary achievement while participating in aerial flight on Chichi Jima and Haha Jima, Bonin Islands, on 18 July 1944. Lieutenant Bridgeman made successful attacks on enemy shipping, shore installations, aircraft, and airfields in the face of accurate and intense anti-aircraft fire.