The President of the United States of America takes pleasure in presenting the Distinguished Flying Cross to Lieutenant, Junior Grade Jack H. Wells (NSN: 0-250884), United States Naval Reserve, for extraordinary achievement while participating in aerial flight as section leader of a carrier-based dive-bombing squadron during World War II. Lieutenant, Junior Grade, Wells participated in a hazardous strike against units of the Japanese fleet west of the Mariana Islands. In the face of tremendous anti-aircraft fire of all calibers, he scored a direct hit with his bomb load on a large enemy carrier.