AWARDED DFC: 1
CONFLICT/SPACE FLIGHT/EVENT:  WWII
MODEL:  F-6F

Citation:  1.) The President of the United States takes great pleasure in presenting the Distinguished Flying Cross to Lieutenant (junior grade) William H. Rogers for heroism and extraordinary achievement while participating in aerial flight as Pilot of a Fighter Plane in Fighting Squadron Thirty, attached to the USS Belleauwood, during action against enemy Japanese forces in the vicinity of Tokyo, the Ryukyu Islands and Nansei Shoto from February 16 to April 13, 1945. Completing his twentieth mission against enemy shipping, airfields and installations, Lieutenant, Junior Grade, (then Ensign) Rogers pressed home the attacks and contributed materially to the infliction of extensive damage on the enemy. His airmanship and devotion to duty were in keeping with the highest traditions of the United States Naval Service.