(Citation Needed) – SYNOPSIS: Aviation Ordnanceman Third Class Raymond R. Menendez (NSN: 7084117), United States Navy, was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross (Posthumously) for extraordinary achievement while participating in aerial flight as aircrewman in Patrol Bombing Squadron ONE HUNDRED SIX (VPB-106), off Borneo, Celebes, Malaya, and Indo-China from 27 April 1945 to 24 May 1945.