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 Major Stanley E. Adams (MCSN: 0-37088), United States Marine Corps, for heroism and extraordinary achievement while participating in aerial flight as a Pilot of a Plane in Marine Attack Squadron TWO HUNDRED TWELVE (VMA-212), during operations against enemy aggressor forces in Korea on 27 June 1952. Leading a flight of attack aircraft in a mission to attack a heavily defended enemy front line troop concentration, Captain Adams promptly located the enemy position without the aid of customary marking devices, initiated a bombing and strafing attack, accurately marking the target with his direct bomb hits. Despite intense enemy defensive anti-aircraft fire, which damaged his aircraft, Captain Adams led his flight in repeated attacks which accounted for the destruction of two bunkers, damage to three additional bunkers, damage to one artillery piece, destruction of one automatic weapon, and heavy damage to vital enemy supplies. By his courageous leadership, professional skill and unswerving devotion to duty, Captain Adams contributed materially to the infliction of heavy damage on the enemy and upheld the highest traditions of the United States Naval Service.