(Citation Needed) – SYNOPSIS: Ensign William Stanley (NSN: 0-407117), United States Navy, was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross (Posthumously) for extraordinary achievement while participating in aerial flight as Pilot of a Bomber-Fighter in Fighting-Bombing Squadron EIGHTY-SEVEN (VFB-81), Air Group 87, embarked in U.S.S. TICONDEROGA over the Inland Sea from 17 May 1945 to 28 July 1945.