The President of the United States of America takes pleasure in presenting the Distinguished Flying Cross to Aviation Ordnanceman First Class Raymond V. Burke (NSN: 2444254), United States Navy, for extraordinary achievement while participating in aerial flight in connection with military operations against the enemy in the combat area of the Western Pacific from 5 January to 9 April 1945. Aviation Ordnanceman First Class Burke completed his fifteenth anti-shipping and patrol flight.