(Citation Needed) – SYNOPSIS: Ensign Charles J. Stetler (NSN: 0-368997), United States Navy, was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross (Posthumously) for extraordinary achievement while participating in aerial flight as a Pilot in Fighting Squadron ONE (VF-1), embarked in U.S.S. BENNINGTON (CV-20), over the area of Honshu, Japan, from 10 July 1945 to 9 August 1945.