(Citation Needed) – SYNOPSIS: Lieutenant Commander Paul J. Davis, Jr., United States Navy, was awarded a Second Gold Star in lieu of a Third Award of the Distinguished Flying Cross for extraordinary achievement while participating in aerial flight while serving as a Pilot with Torpedo Squadron FOUR (VT-4), Air Group FOUR, embarked in U.S.S. ESSEX (CV-9), off the coast of French Indo-China on 12 January 1945.