(Citation Needed) – SYNOPSIS: Lieutenant, Junior Grade Samuel T. Elway, 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 Bombing Plane in Bombing Squadron FOURTEEN (VB-14), embarked in U.S.S. WASP (CV-18), in the Battle for Leyte Gulf on 26 October 1944.

(Citation Needed) – SYNOPSIS: Lieutenant, Junior Grade Samuel T. Elway, United States Navy, was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross for extraordinary achievement while participating in aerial flight as a Pilot in a Bombing Squadron during World War II.