The President of the United States of America, authorized by Act of Congress, July 2, 1926, takes pleasure in presenting the Distinguished Flying Cross (Army Award) to Aviation Radioman First Class Joseph R. Buscio, United States Navy, for extraordinary achievement while participating in aerial flight in sustained operational flight missions in the Southwest Pacific Area form 13 September 1943 to 30 December 1943, during which hostile contact was probable and expected.