AWARDED DFC: 1
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Citation:  1.) The Distinguished Flying Cross for extraordinary achievement while participating in aerial flight in the Southwest Pacific Area. During the period from 3 March 1945 to 15 May 1945, he participated in fifteen flights and five strikes over enemy territory in the vicinity of operational enemy airfields, during which enemy opposition was probable and expected. His actions during this period have been in keeping with the highest traditions of the Navy of the United States.