The President of the United States of America, authorized by Act of Congress July 9, 1918, takes pride in presenting the Silver Star (Posthumously) to First Lieutenant (Air Corps), [then Second Lieutenant] Jean Delano Jackson (ASN: 0-429949), United States Army Air Forces, for gallantry in action against the enemy while serving as Pilot of a Fighter Airplane of the 41st Fighter Squadron, 35th Fighter Group, FIFTH Air Force, in aerial operations over Cape Ward Hunt, New Guinea, in the Southwest Pacific Theater of Operations, on 27 August 1942. Lieutenant Jackson was the pilot of a plane engaged in a bombing and strafing attack on the well-defended enemy airdrome at Buna. The American planes were attacked by six enemy fighters over Cape Ward Hunt and, in the ensuing engagement, Lieutenant Jackson shot down one Zero which crashed into the ocean. The gallant actions and dedicated devotion to duty demonstrated by First Lieutenant Jackson, 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 Army Air Forces.