The President of the United States of America takes pleasure in presenting a Gold Star in lieu of a Second Award of the Distinguished Flying Cross to Lieutenant John P. Vivian, Jr. (NSN: 0-86039), United States Naval Reserve, for extraordinary achievement while participating in aerial flight. When a daylight strike was ordered on Miyoshino airfield, Shimushu Island, on 14 June 1944 to protect a surface task force from possible air attack by Japanese bombers, Lieutenant Vivian volunteered to lead a six-plane flight of medium bombers on this exceedingly hazardous mission. Without fighter escort or cloud cover for the last 100 miles to the target, he daringly pressed home an accurate glide-bombing attack on the assigned area.

(Citation Needed) – SYNOPSIS: Lieutenant John P. Vivian, Jr. (NSN: 0-86039), United States Navy, was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross for extraordinary achievement while participating in aerial flight as a Patrol Plane Commander of a Ventura Bomber in the Kuril Islands on 10 June 1944.