(Citation Needed) – SYNOPSIS: Aviation Machinist’s Mate Second Class Robert O. Leishman (NSN: 3935743), United States Navy, was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross (Posthumously) for extraordinary achievement while participating in aerial flight as a Gunner of a Liberator Bomber in Bombing Squadron ONE HUNDRED FOUR (VB-104), over the Solomon, Gilbert and Caroline Islands from 29 August 1943 to 17 September 1943.