AWARDED DFC: 1
CONFLICT/SPACE FLIGHT/EVENT:  Korea
MODEL:  -

Citation:  1.) The Distinguished Flying Cross for heroism and extraordinary achievement in aerial flight as Pilot of a Plane in Marine Fighter Squadron Three Hundred Twelve during operations against enemy aggressor forces in Korea on 27 October 1951. Leading a ten-plane mission against the enemy's main supply route to the city of Pyongyang, Major Hubbard skillfully maneuvered his flight into position for an attack against the railroad despite intense and accurate anti-aircraft fire. Cutting the track in several places when he scored direct hits with his bombs on the first run, he then carried out repeated and accurate attacks upon boxcars at a nearby siding, destroying two of them and thereby hampering the enemy's efforts to maintain an adequate flow of supplies. By his courage, skilled airmanship and unswerving devotion to duty, Major Hubbard upheld the highest traditions of the United States Naval Service.