(Citation Needed) – SYNOPSIS: Lieutenant Melville LeComte, United States Navy, was awarded the Silver Star for gallantry in action as Pilot of a Torpedo Plane in Torpedo Squadron EIGHT (VT-8), embarked in U.S.S. BUNKER HILL (CV-17), over Okinawa, Ryukyu Islands, on 20 June 1944. His gallant actions and dedicated devotion to duty, without regard for his own life, were in keeping with the highest traditions of military service and reflect great credit upon himself and the United States Naval Service.