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 Chief Warrant Officer (CW-2) Phillip Sherman Mohnike (ASN: W-3158601), United States Army, for heroism while participating in aerial flight evidenced by voluntary action above and beyond the call of duty on 17 March 1969 while serving as a pilot with the Air Cavalry Troop, 11th Armored Cavalry Regiment, in the Republic of Vietnam. On this date when he monitored a call that the command and control aircraft had received fire, he immediately flew to the area and engaged the enemy soldiers with his minigun, killing one and wounding another. Continuing with his reconnaissance mission, Warrant Officer Mohnike again monitored a call from the command and control aircraft. Once again he flew to the area of contact and, despite intense enemy automatic weapons fire, marked the hostile positions with smoke and directed an airstrike on the enemy fortifications. When he came under fire from a heavy antiaircraft weapon, he marked the position for a helicopter gunship. Later in the day when he no longer had any smoke grenades, he spotted approximately thirty hostile troops and hovered dangerously low over them so that the helicopter gunship pilots and forward air controller could direct fire upon them. Chief Warrant Officer Mohnike’s outstanding courage and devotion to duty were in keeping with the highest traditions of the military service and reflect great credit upon himself, his unit and the United States Army.