Navy Federal Credit Union

Awards Received

  • Distinguished Flying Cross

    Service:

    United States Navy

    Rank:

    Ensign

    Batallion:

    Fighter Squadron 193 (VF-193)

    Division:

    U.S.S. Princeton (CV-37)

    Action Date:

    October 7, 1952

    All Hands (December 1953)

    (Citation Needed) – SYNOPSIS: Ensign John Russell Shaughnessy (NSN: 0-507858), United States Navy, was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross (Posthumously) for extraordinary achievement while participating in aerial flight while serving with Fighter Squadron ONE HUNDRED NINETY-THREE (VF-193), embarked in U.S.S. PRINCETON (CV-37), in action against enemy aggressor forces in Korea on 7 October 1952.