(Citation Needed) – SYNOPSIS: Lieutenant James Lano Pearce, 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 while serving as a Fighter Pilot in a Navy Fighting Squadron, in action against enemy Japanese forces in the Pacific Ocean Area during World War II.

(Citation Needed) – SYNOPSIS: Lieutenant James Lano Pearce, 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 serving as a Fighter Pilot in a Navy Fighting Squadron, in action against enemy Japanese forces in the Pacific Ocean Area during World War II.

(Citation Needed) – SYNOPSIS: Lieutenant James Lano Pearce, United States Navy, was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross for extraordinary achievement while participating in aerial flight while serving as a Fighter Pilot in a Navy Fighting Squadron, in action against enemy Japanese forces in the Pacific Ocean Area during World War II.