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Awards Received

  • Distinguished Flying Cross

    Service:

    United States Navy

    Rank:

    Lieutenant

    Batallion:

    Bombing Squadron 18 (VB-18)

    Division:

    U.S.S. Intrepid

    Action Date:

    October 10, 1944

    Bureau of Naval Personnel Information Bulletin No. 345 (December 1945)

    (Citation Needed) – SYNOPSIS: Lieutenant Edward H. Eisengrein (NSN: 0-86077), United States Naval Reserve, was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross (Posthumously) for extraordinary achievement while participating in aerial flight as Pilot of a dive bomber in Bombing Squadron EIGHTEEN (VB-18), embarked in U.S.S. INTREPID, in action over Okinawa on 10 October 1944.