(Citation Needed) – SYNOPSIS: Commander John Valdemar Peterson, United States Navy, was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross for extraordinary heroism while participating in aerial flight, while serving as Commander and Pilot of an airplane in Patrol Squadron ONE HUNDRED ONE (VP-101), Patrol Wing TEN (Patwing-10), in action against enemy Japanese naval forces at Luzon, Philippine Islands, on 10 December 1941. Commander Peterson led his planes in a daring attack against a Japanese naval force steaming northward 150 miles off Luzon’s coast. Two Kongo class battleships, one Kuma class cruiser and four destroyers were in the group against which Commander Peterson launched his daring attack.