(Citation Needed) – SYNOPSIS: Lieutenant, Junior Grade Harold E. Matthews (NSN: 0-291262), United States Navy, was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross (Posthumously) for extraordinary achievement while participating in aerial flight as a Pilot in Fighting Squadron FIFTY-ONE (VF-51), embarked in U.S.S. SAN JACINTO, over Luzon, Philippine Islands, during the Battle for Leyte Gulf during World War II.