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 Lieutenant, Junior Grade, Charles Reed for heroism and extraordinary achievement while participating in aerial flight as Pilot of a Dive Bomber Plane in Bombing Squadron Nine, attached to the U.S.S. Yorktown, during operations against enemy Japanese forces in the vicinity of Iwo Jima, the Japanese Homeland and Nansei Shoto from February 19 to April 28, 1945. Participating in twenty strikes on hostile shipping, airfields, and installations, Lieutenant, Junior Grade, (then Ensign) Reed contributed materially to the infliction of extensive damage on the enemy. His airmanship, courage and devotion to duty were in keeping with the highest traditions of the United States Naval Service.