(Citation Needed) – SYNOPSIS: Lieutenant, Junior Grade Lowell D. Peterson, United States Navy, was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross for extraordinary achievement while participating in aerial flight as a Fighter Pilot in Fighting Squadron TWENTY-FIVE (VF-25), embarked in U.S.S. CHENANGO (CVE-28), in action against enemy forces in the Ryukyu Islands, from 1 April 1945 to 14 May 1945.