(Citation Needed) – SYNOPSIS: Lieutenant Commander Donald Gordon, United States Navy, was awarded a Second Gold Star in lieu of a Third Award of the Distinguished Flying Cross for extraordinary achievement while participating in aerial flight as a Fighter Pilot in Fighting Squadron TEN (VF-10), in action against the enemy during World War II.

(Citation Needed) – SYNOPSIS: Lieutenant Commander [then Lieutenant] Donald Gordon, United States Navy, was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross for extraordinary achievement while participating in aerial flight as a Fighter Pilot in Fighting Squadron TEN (VF-10), embarked in U.S.S. ENTERPRISE, in the vicinity of the Marianas during the First Battle of the Philippine Sea, on 19 and 20 June 1944.