(Citation Needed) – SYNOPSIS: Lieutenant, Junior Grade Ralph John Rosen, 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 as Pilot of a Fighter Plane in Fighting Squadron EIGHT (VF-8), embarked in U.S.S. BUNKER HILL (CV-17), in action against enemy Japanese forces in the Pacific Ocean Area during World War II.

(Citation Needed) – SYNOPSIS: Lieutenant, Junior Grade Ralph J. Rosen, United States Navy, was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross for extraordinary achievement while participating in aerial flight as Pilot of a Fighter Plane in Fighting Squadron EIGHT (VF-8), embarked in U.S.S. BUNKER HILL (CV-17), in the vicinity of Formosa, on 12 October 1944.

(Citation Needed) – SYNOPSIS: Lieutenant, Junior Grade Ralph John Rosen, 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 Fighter Plane in Fighting Squadron EIGHT (VF-8), embarked in U.S.S. BUNKER HILL (CV-17), in action against enemy Japanese forces in the Pacific Ocean Area during World War II.