(Citation Needed) – SYNOPSIS: Lieutenant Charles Calvin Hoffman, United States Navy, was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross for extraordinary heroism while participating in aerial flight, while serving as Pilot of an airplane in Patrol Squadron ONE HUNDRED ONE (VP-101), Patrol Wing TEN (Patwing-10), in action against enemy Japanese naval forces while conducting a successful, and extremely hazardous, reconnaissance patrol on 28 February 1942, during the Battle of the Java Sea.