AWARDED DFC: 1
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Citation:  1.) The President of the United States takes great pleasure in presenting the Distinguished Flying Cross to Robert A. Hoover, Flight Officer, for extraordinary achievement while participating in aerial flight in the Mediterranean Theater of Operations on 9 February 1944. As Flight Commander of a flight of four aircraft, Flight Officer Hoover was given the mission of dive bombing an enemy convoy steaming into the Harbor of Nice, France. While climbing up from the dive-bombing run, Flight Officer Hoover displayed great daring and courage in going to the aid of a comrade in attacking on overwhelming majority of enemy airplanes. His conduct was exemplary and was in accord with the highest traditions of the Armed Forces.