(Citation Needed) – SYNOPSIS: Lieutenant William E. Woodman, United States Navy, was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross for extraordinary achievement while participating in aerial flight during World War II.
Bureau of Naval Personnel Information Bulletin No. 346 (January 1946)
(Citation Needed) – SYNOPSIS: Lieutenant William E. Woodman, 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 while stationed at Naval Ordnance Test Station, Inyokern, California, from August 1944 to June 1945.