Torpedo Squadron EIGHT (VT-8), Naval Air Station, Midway, in extraordinary achievement while participating in aerial flight as free machine gunner of a Torpedo Plane in Torpedo Squadron EIGHT (VT-8), Naval Air Station, Midway, in action against enemy Japanese forces in the Battle of Midway, 4 and 5 June 1942. In the initial attack upon an enemy aircraft carrier, Aviation Ordnanceman Third Class Fair, with utter disregard for his own personal safety, effectively manned his machine gun in the face of a tremendous barrage of fire from numerous Japanese fighter planes and anti-aircraft batteries. His courageous determination and devotion to duty were in keeping with the highest traditions of the United States Naval Service.