(Citation Needed) – SYNOPSIS: Lieutenant, Junior Grade Joseph L. Coleman, United States Navy, was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross for extraordinary achievement while participating in aerial flight as a Pilot during World War II.

(Citation Needed) – SYNOPSIS: Lieutenant, Junior Grade Joseph L. Coleman, 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 a Pilot, in operations against the Japanese, in the Nansei Shoto area, from 6 May 1945 to 13 June 1945.