(Citation Needed) – SYNOPSIS: Lieutenant, Junior Grade Julius L. Sloan, Jr. (NSN: 0-157657), United States Navy, was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross for extraordinary achievement while participating in aerial flight as Pilot of a fighter plane in Fighting Squadron THIRTY-SEVEN (VF-37), embarked in U.S.S. SANGAMON (CVE-26) during the Battle for Leyte Gulf on 25 October 1944.