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Joshua Gabriel Cantor-Stone was a United States Naval Aviator who served on the USS Lexington during World War II. Flying an SBD Dauntless, he is credited with numerous kills against Japanese forces in the Pacific Ocean & Coral Sea. He was killed by an AA-gun onboard the Shokaku on the last day of the Battle of the Coral Sea, just hours away from the subsequent scuttling of the Lexington, and, ironically, the general rescue of its crew members by other ships in Task Force 17. He received the Purple Heart posthumously, and was also in high consideration for being awarded the Navy Cross for his bravery during the Salamaua and Lae operation, and for valiance against the Shōkaku.

Early History
Joshua G. Cantor-Stone was born in Detroit, Michigan. Due to his parents' patriotism he was sent to St. John's Military Academy, where he graduated in the class of 1932. He worked odd jobs to pay for his civilian flight training after finding himself with an increased love of airplanes, receiving his license in 1934. By this time he had heard of Naval Air Station and entered the new program, from which he graduated in 1939. He completed all of the prerequisites to becoming a Naval Aviator and graduated flight school in 1941, already slated for and trained in the operation of an SBD Dauntless dive-bomber. He was assigned to the USS Lexington immediately and was on-board when she sailed out to Hawai'i.

Military career
Upon graduating from flight school in 1941, Joshua Cantor-Stone was transferred to the USS Lexington, thereby joining in all of the combat operations of the Lexington during its service in World War II. While participating in several raids from the time of December 7, 1941 to March 6, 1942, Cantor-Stone reportedly scored numerous hits on enemy ships.

Cantor-Stone participated with equal success in the March 10 surprise attack on shipping and installations at Salamaua and Lae. Cantor-Stone, although piloting a dive-bomber aircraft, was credited in this operation with numerous air-to-ground kills achieved by strafing, as well as a bomb hit that sank a small ship.

Although it is unclear how Cantor-Stone actually received his odd nickname, the story goes that, upon first sighting the town of Lae, remarked derisively of having to fight in such a "moor" of a place. The strange appellation was seized upon by the other pilots, who teasingly nicknamed him "Moorguard".

During the first day of the Battle of the Coral Sea, Cantor-Stone was part of the air group that sank the Japanese aircraft carrier Shōhō, scoring one of the hits. On the second day of the battle, May 8, Joshua Cantor-Stone flew in the strike group sent to destroy the Shōkaku. While using his typical tactics of frequent change of trajectory both in the vertical and horizontal directions while approaching incoming AA-fire, Joshua Cantor-Stone's plane was struck several times by AA-fire from the Shōkaku and exploded in mid-flight.

Death
Lieutenant Cantor-Stone died on the 8th of May during the attack on the Japanese carrier, Shokaku, during the Battle of the Coral Sea. His body was never recovered.