(Citation Needed) – SYNOPSIS: Ensign Francis Edward Painter (NSN: 0-553412), United States Navy, was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross (Posthumously) for extraordinary achievement while participating in aerial flight while serving with Fighter Squadron ONE HUNDRED FIFTY-THREE (VF-153), embarked in U.S.S. PRINCETON (CV-37), in action against enemy aggressor forces in Korea on 6 May 1953.



