The President of the United States of America takes pleasure in presenting a Gold Star in lieu of a Second Award of the Distinguished Flying Cross to Captain Charles C. Angle (MCSN: 0-31277), United States Marine Corps, for heroism while participating in aerial flight in connection with military operations against the enemy in Korea, on 14 January 1952. Captain Angle was a member of a four plane flight of fighter aircraft which attacked the town of Changyon. This flight was forced to fly because of adverse weather conditions at extremely low altitudes through mountainous terrain in order to reach the target. At the target area, Captain Angle made numerous bombing, rocket and strafing attacks despite heavy enemy automatic weapons fire from the surrounding ridges. As a result of these attacks, an estimated four hundred hostile troops were killed or wounded, ten buildings were destroyed and ten more damaged. Further damage assessment was impossible because of the smoke and haze obscuring the area. Captain Angle’s aggressiveness and devotion to duty were in keeping with the highest traditions of the United States Naval Service.