(Citation Needed) – SYNOPSIS: Ensign Alexander K. Ciolek, United States Navy, was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross for extraordinary achievement while participating in aerial flight as a Pilot in Composite Squadron NINE (VC-9), embarked in U.S.S. NATOMA BAY (CVE-62), over the Nansei Shoto, from 25 March 1945 to 20 June 1945.