(Citation Needed) – SYNOPSIS: Ensign John Maxwell Wesolowski, United States Navy, was awarded a Gold Star in lieu of a Second Award of the Silver Star for extraordinary achievement while participating in aerial flight while serving as a Fighter Pilot in a Navy Fighting Squadron, in operations against enemy Japanese forces in the Pacific Ocean Area during World War II.

The President of the United States of America takes pleasure in presenting the Distinguished Flying Cross to Ensign John M. Wesolowski, United States Navy, for extraordinary achievement while participating in aerial flight for shooting down five enemy planes while operating as pilot with Fighting Squadron FIVE (VF-5), from an airfield on Guadalcanal, during the Solomon Islands Campaign, 11 to 19 September 1942.