Dan Carmichael received a silver star for conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity as Pilot of a Fighter Plane in Fighting Squadron TWO (VF-2), attached to the U.S.S. HORNET (CV-12), during action against enemy Japanese forces in the vicinity of the Marianas Islands in 1944. He was dispatched to intercept a force of enemy planes threatening the major Fleet units during the First Battle of the Philippine Sea, he carried out an attack, destroying a fighter and two torpedo bombers and contributed to the success of the mission. Dan Carmichael has hand signed this WWII Vintage B&W 8x10 Photo. JSA Authentication #SS17677 and JSA Certificate of Authenticity.