(Citation Needed) – SYNOPSIS: Lieutenant, Junior Grade Albert J. Lehmicke, Jr. (NSN: 0-176440), United States Navy, was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross (Posthumously) for extraordinary achievement while participating in aerial flight while attached to Patrol Bombing Squadron SEVENTY-ONE (VPB-71), in the Pacific combat area, from 18 December 1944 to 3 February 1945.