(Citation Needed) – SYNOPSIS: Lieutenant, Junior Grade George Naff, United States Navy, was awarded a Gold Star in lieu of a Second Award of the Distinguished Flying Cross for extraordinary achievement while participating in aerial flight as Pilot of a fighter-bomber plane in Fighting Squadron EIGHTEEN (VF-18), embarked in the U.S.S. INTREPID (CV-11), during the Battle of Leyte Gulf on 24 October 1944.

(Citation Needed) – SYNOPSIS: Lieutenant, Junior Grade George Naff, United States Navy, was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross for extraordinary achievement while participating in aerial flight as Pilot of a fighter-bomber plane in Fighting Squadron EIGHTEEN (VF-18), embarked in the U.S.S. INTREPID (CV-11), over Formosa on 14 October 1944.