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Joseph
Abraham
Jaap

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Awards Received

  • Legion of Merit

    Service:

    United States Navy

    Rank:

    Rear Admiral

    Action Date:

    May 4, 1964 – May 27, 1966
    All Hands (January 1967)

    (Citation Needed) – SYNOPSIS: Rear Admiral Joseph A. Jaap, United States Navy, was awarded a Gold Star in lieu of a Second Award of the Legion of Merit for exceptionally meritorious conduct in the performance of outstanding services to the Government of the United States as Commander in Chief Pacific Representative to the Joint Strategic Air Command, from 4 May 1964 to 27 May 1966, for his significant contributions toward the refinement of the national strategic targeting and attack policy and the improvement of operational planning at the JSTPS.

  • Legion of Merit

    Service:

    United States Navy

    Rank:

    Rear Admiral

    Action Date:

    June 1966 – June 1967
    All Hands (November 1967)

    (Citation Needed) – SYNOPSIS: Rear Admiral Joseph A. Jaap, United States Navy, was awarded a Second Gold Star in lieu of a Third Award of the Legion of Merit for exceptionally meritorious conduct in the performance of outstanding services to the Government of the United States from June 1966 through June 1967, as Commander Fleet Air Whidbey and Commander Fleet Air Wing FOUR.

  • Distinguished Flying Cross

    Service:

    United States Navy

    Rank:

    Lieutenant Commander

    Action Date:

    February 11, 1942

    The President of the United States of America takes pleasure in presenting the Distinguished Flying Cross to Lieutenant Commander Joseph Abraham Jaap, United States Navy, for extraordinary achievement while participating in aerial flight in the line of his profession on 11 February 1942, as Pilot of a U.S. Navy Patrol Plane when, at the risk of his life, the lives of his crew and possible heavy damage to his plane, he landed and took off successfully in a very rough sea. By this willingness to accept the danger and by his courage and skill he was able to rescue nine men, survivors from a torpedoed British tanker who had been adrift in a life boat for twelve days. This action undoubtedly resulted in saving the lives of these men.

  • Legion of Merit

    Service:

    United States Navy

    Rank:

    Commander

    Action Date:

    December 1944 – September 1945
    Bureau of Naval Personnel Information Bulletin No. 355 (October 1946)

    (Citation Needed) – SYNOPSIS: Commander Joseph A. Jaap, United States Navy, was awarded the Legion of Merit for exceptionally meritorious conduct in the performance of outstanding services to the Government of the United States as Commander U.S. Naval Forces, Azores, from December 1944 to September 1945.