(Citation Needed) – SYNOPSIS: Aviation Ordnanceman Second Class Herbert J. Gericke (NSN: 7106902), United States Navy, was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross (Posthumously) for extraordinary achievement while participating in aerial flight as aircrewman of a Torpedo bomber embarked in U.S.S. SHAMROCK BAY over Okinawa, Sakishima area, from 25 March to 22 June 1945.