(Citation Needed) – SYNOPSIS: Lieutenant Compton R. Hummel, Jr. (NSN: 0-121957), United States Navy, was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross for extraordinary achievement while participating in aerial flight during World War II.
Bureau of Naval Personnel Information Bulletin No. 346 (January 1946)
(Citation Needed) – SYNOPSIS: Lieutenant Compton Rust Hummel, Jr. (NSN: 0-121957), United States Navy, was awarded a Gold Star in lieu of a Second Award of the Distinguished Flying Cross (Posthumously) for extraordinary achievement while participating in aerial flight as a dive bomber Pilot embarked in U.S.S. YORKTOWN on 12 January 1945.