(Citation Needed) – SYNOPSIS: Lieutenant John Leroy Schell, United States Navy, was awarded a Gold Star in lieu of a Second Award of the Distinguished Flying Cross for extraordinary achievement while participating in aerial flight as Pilot of a carrier-based Fighter Plane in Fighting Squadron THREE (VF-3), in attacks over Tokyo, the Philippines, Formosa, and French Indo-China, Nansei Shoto, Honshu and Nanpo Shoto during World War II.

(Citation Needed) – SYNOPSIS: Lieutenant John Leroy Schell, United States Navy, was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross for extraordinary achievement while participating in aerial flight as a Fighter Pilot in Fighting Squadron THREE (VF-3), during World War II.