(Citation Needed) – SYNOPSIS: Lieutenant Colonel Gregory Joseph Weissenberger (MCSN: 0-5589), United States Marine Corps, was awarded a Gold Star in lieu of a Second Award of the Distinguished Flying Cross for extraordinary achievement while participating in aerial flight as Pilot of a Fighter Airplane in Marine Fighting Squadron TWO HUNDRED THIRTEEN (VMF-213), in actions against enemy Japanese forces in the Pacific Theater of Operations during World War II.