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Awards Received

  • Distinguished Flying Cross

    Service:

    United States Navy

    Rank:

    Aviation Machinist’s Mate Third Class

    Batallion:

    Patrol Bombing Squadron 106 (VPB-106)

    Action Date:

    April 15 – May 14, 1945

    Bureau of Naval Personnel Information Bulletin No. 353 (August 1946)

    (Citation Needed) – SYNOPSIS: Aviation Machinist’s Mate Third Class Gerald G. Greenwood (NSN: 8754635), United States Navy, was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross (Posthumously) for extraordinary achievement while participating in aerial flight as aircrewman in Patrol Bombing Squadron ONE HUNDRED SI*X (VPB-106) over the Ryukyus, Bandjermasin, Honshu and Shikoku coasts, Japan, from 15 April 1945 to 14 May 1945.