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Citation:  1.) The Distinguished Flying Cross for heroism and extraordinary achievement in aerial flight as Pilot of a Fighter Plane in Fighter Squadron Six Hundred Fifty Three, based on board the U.S.S. Valley Forge, during operations against enemy aggressor forces in Korea on 13 May 1952. While flying as a member of a group of five planes on a special interdiction mission against the vital enemy rail net in the heavily defended area of northeast Korea, Lieutenant Wilson participated in numerous daring attacks on the objective in the face of intense hostile anti-aircraft fire to destroy an enemy locomotive, a tender and sixteen boxcars, and severely damaged a second locomotive. Although his plane was damaged by hostile fire, he unhesitatingly continued his search for enemy trains and, proceeding to the village of Munchon, pressed home three determined attacks to personally destroy one large locomotive and tender, and inflict major damage upon a second locomotiive. By his outstanding courage, skilled airmanship and loyal devotion to duty, Lieutenant Wilson contributed materially to the success of the mission and upheld the highest traditions of the United States Naval Service.