(Citation Needed) – SYNOPSIS: Lieutenant William J. Sloan, United States Navy, was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross for extraordinary achievement while participating in aerial flight as Pilot of a Torpedo Bomber in Composite Squadron EIGHTY-SIX (VC-86), during World War II.

(Citation Needed) – SYNOPSIS: Lieutenant William J. Sloan, 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 Torpedo Bomber in Composite Squadron EIGHTY-SIX (VC-86), embarked in U.S.S. FANSHAW BAY (CVE-70), over Leyte Gulf, on 25 October 1944.