(Citation Needed) – SYNOPSIS: Lieutenant [then Lieutenant, Junior Grade] Harold K. Matthes, United States Navy, was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross for extraordinary achievement while participating in aerial flight while serving with Fighter Squadron ONE HUNDRED THIRTEEN (VF-113), embarked in U.S.S. PHILIPPINE SEA (CV-47), in action against enemy aggressor forces in Korea from 5 August to 19 October 1950.