(Citation Needed) – SYNOPSIS: The President of the United States of America, authorized by Act of Congress July 9, 1918, takes pleasure in presenting the Distinguished Flying Cross to Second Lieutenant (Air Corps) Francis H. Beck (ASN: 0-673301), United States Army Air Forces, for extraordinary achievement while participating in aerial flight while serving as Pilot of a Fighter Airplane of the 16th Fighter Squadron, 51st Fighter Group, FOURTEENTH Air Force, in aerial operations in the China-Burma-India Theater of Operations, in 1943. His gallant actions and dedicated devotion to duty, without regard for his own life, were in keeping with the highest traditions of military service and reflect great credit upon himself and the United States Army Air Forces.