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(Citation Needed) – SYNOPSIS: Ensign John Maxwell Wesolowski, United States Navy, was awarded a Gold Star in lieu of a Second Award of the Silver Star for extraordinary achievement while participating in aerial flight while serving as a Fighter Pilot in a Navy Fighting Squadron, in operations against enemy Japanese forces in the Pacific Ocean Area during World War II.

Awards Received

  • Distinguished Flying Cross

    Service:

    United States Navy

    Rank:

    Ensign

    Batallion:

    Fighting Squadron 5 (VF-5)

    Action Date:

    September 11 – 19, 1942
    Bureau of Naval Personnel Information Bulletin No. 315 (June 1943)

    The President of the United States of America takes pleasure in presenting the Distinguished Flying Cross to Ensign John M. Wesolowski, United States Navy, for extraordinary achievement while participating in aerial flight for shooting down five enemy planes while operating as pilot with Fighting Squadron FIVE (VF-5), from an airfield on Guadalcanal, during the Solomon Islands Campaign, 11 to 19 September 1942.