The President of the United States of America takes pleasure in presenting the Distinguished Flying Cross to Aviation Radioman Second Class Forest G. Stanley (NSN: 3422148), United States Navy, for heroism and extraordinary achievement while participating in aerial flight while serving as rear seat gunner in an airplane of a Scouting Squadron in action against Japanese forces in the Coral Sea on 8 May 1942. While his squadron was engaged in a dive-bombing attack upon an enemy aircraft carrier he calmly and accurately aimed his machine gun and fired at an attacking enemy Japanese fighter, causing it to crash into the sea. By his alertness and courage in a critical situation, Aviation Radioman Second Class Stanley, in addition to saving the life of his pilot and preventing the destruction of his plane, contributed materially to the success of our naval forces in the Battle of the Coral Sea.