(Citation Needed) – SYNOPSIS: Lieutenant, Junior Grade Harry R. Patterson (NSN: 0-315495), United States Navy, was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross (Posthumously) for extraordinary achievement while participating in aerial flight as a Pilot in Torpedo Squadron TWENTY-SEVEN (VT-27), embarked in U.S.S. INDEPENDENCE (CVL-22), over the Yokosuka Naval Base, Japan, on 18 July 1945.