Navy Federal Credit Union

Awards Received

  • Distinguished Flying Cross

    Service:

    United States Navy

    Rank:

    Lieutenant

    Batallion:

    Attack Squadron 923 (VA-923)

    Division:

    U.S.S. Bon Homme Richard (CV-31)

    Action Date:

    June 3, 1951

    All Hands (June 1952)

    (Citation Needed) – SYNOPSIS: Lieutenant James Aloysius Savage (NSN: 0-403195), United States Navy, was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross (Posthumously) for extraordinary achievement while participating in aerial flight as a Pilot in Attack Squadron NINE HUNDRED TWENTY-THREE (VA-923), attached to U.S.S. BON HOMME RICHARD (CV-31), in action against enemy forces in the Korean area on 3 June 1951.