(Citation Needed) – SYNOPSIS: Lieutenant, Junior Grade Howard Maurice Davenport, Jr. (NSN: 0-503413), United States Navy, was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross (Posthumously) for extraordinary achievement while participating in aerial flight while serving with Fighter Squadron FIFTY-FOUR (VF-54), embarked in U.S.S. VALLEY FORGE (CV-45), in action against enemy aggressor forces in Korea on 4 March 1953.