The President of the United States of America, authorized by Act of Congress, July 2, 1926, takes pleasure in presenting a Bronze Oak Leaf Cluster in lieu of a Second Award of the Distinguished Flying Cross with Combat “V” to Captain Gerald Harry Felix (AFSN: FR-78639), United States Air Force, for heroism while participating in aerial flight as an F-100 Pilot of the 531st Tactical Fighter Squadron, Bien Hoa Air Base, South Vietnam, in action near Long Xuyen, Republic of Vietnam, on 2 February 1968. On that date, Captain Felix supported an Army of the Republic of Vietnam unit pinned down by intense fire from a heavily fortified Viet Cong force. Contending with extremely restrictive visibility conditions and striking precariously close to friendly positions, Captain Felix suppressed all hostile fire by making numerous low-angle, low-altitude ordnance deliveries in the face of the well positioned and extremely accurate ground fire. Captain Felix’s aggressive aerial tactics, selfless determination, and high degree of courage neutralized the Viet Cong force and saved the lives of the three Vietnamese companies and their five United States Army Advisors. The outstanding heroism and selfless devotion to duty displayed by Captain Felix reflect great credit upon himself and upheld the highest traditions of the United States Air Force.

The President of the United States of America, authorized by Act of Congress, July 2, 1926, takes pleasure in presenting a Second Bronze Oak Leaf Cluster in lieu of a Third Award of the Distinguished Flying Cross to Captain Gerald Harry Felix (AFSN: FR-78639), United States Air Force, for extraordinary achievement while participating in aerial flight as an F-100 Pilot of the 531st Tactical Fighter Squadron, Bien Hoa Air Base, South Vietnam, on 9 February 1968. On that date, Captain Felix supported friendly forces under heavy ground attack by an estimated battalion of Viet Cong. Captain Felix made multiple attacks on the numerous hostile positions, flying through a hail of bullets on each pass. These attacks, utterly devastating to the opposing forces, completely repulsed the attack on the town and saved countless friendly lives. The professional competence, aerial skill and devotion to duty displayed by Captain Felix reflect great credit upon himself and upheld the highest traditions of the United States Air Force.

The President of the United States of America, authorized by Act of Congress, July 2, 1926, takes pleasure in presenting the Distinguished Flying Cross to First Lieutenant Gerald Harry Felix (AFSN: FR-78639), United States Air Force, for extraordinary achievement while participating in aerial flight as an F-100 Pilot of the 531st Tactical Fighter Squadron, Bien Hoa Air Base, South Vietnam, in action at Song Be, Republic of Vietnam, In action near An Loc, Republic of Vietnam, on 7 August 1967. On that date, Lieutenant Felix was flying a close air support mission covering the movement of a large Army convoy south on Route 13, about 25 miles north of Saigon, when he received instructions to immediately divert to the Special Forces Camp at Thon Le Chon. En route to the camp he was informed by the Forward Air Controller that the camp was in immediate danger of being overrun by an estimated 2,000-man North Vietnamese Army regiment. Despite unusually poor weather and extremely heavy automatic weapons fire being directed at his aircraft, Lieutenant Felix made multiple attacks on the numerous hostile positions, flying through a hail of hostile bullets on each pass. These attacks, utterly devastating to the opposing forces, completely repulsed the human wave assaults on the special forces camp and saved countless friendly lives. Lieutenant Felix’s aggressive attitude and outstanding performance as an F-100 pilot was credited with saving the special forces camp from seizure by the North Vietnamese regiment. The professional competence, aerial skill and devotion to duty displayed by Lieutenant Felix reflect great credit upon himself and upheld the highest traditions of the United States Air Force.