The President of the United States of America takes pleasure in presenting a Gold Star in lieu of a Second Award of the Silver Star to Captain Edward N. LeFaivre (MCSN: 0-30579), United States Marine Corps, for conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity as Pilot of a Fighter Plane in Marine All Weather Fighter Squadron FIVE HUNDRED THIRTEEN (VMF(AW)-513), in Korea on 21 October 1951. Observing an unusual amount of activity in the center and environs of a small village while carrying out a night intruder mission in company with a flare-dropping aircraft, Captain LeFaivre carried out a low-altitude reconnoitering pass in the face of intense hostile fire and discovered an extremely heavy concentration of enemy vehicles and supplies. Immediately initiating a series of daring bombing, strafing and napalm attacks, he scored several direct hits and, although his starboard engine was ablaze after being hit by anti-aircraft fire, continued to execute determined and effective attacks at levels which barely cleared the terrain. Finally forced to bail out when his damaged engine and nacelle blazed completely, he landed in an area teeming with hostile troops and successfully evaded capture until rescued on the following day. By his superb airmanship, outstanding courage and resolute determination, Captain LeFaivre was responsible for the destruction of at least twenty-one loaded enemy trucks and a large quantity of materiel, thereby upholding the highest traditions of the United States Naval Service.