Navy Federal Credit Union

Awards Received

  • Distinguished Flying Cross

    Service:

    United States Navy

    Rank:

    Lieutenant, Junior Grade

    Batallion:

    Torpedo Squadron

    Division:

    U.S.S. Langley

    Action Date:

    World War II

    Bureau of Naval Personnel Information Bulletin No. 343 (October 1945)

    (Citation Needed) – SYNOPSIS: Lieutenant, Junior Grade Joseph P. Powell (NSN: 0-320536), United States Naval Reserve, was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross (Posthumously) for extraordinary achievement while participating in aerial flight as Pilot of a Torpedo Bomber embarked in U.S.S. LANGLEY over French Indochina on 2 January 1945.