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Navy Federal Credit Union
Curtis
S.
Smiley

Home:

Los Angeles

, 

California

Awards Received

  • Distinguished Flying Cross

    Service:

    United States Navy

    Rank:

    Captain

    Division:

    U.S.S. Yorktown

    Action Date:

    February 1, 1942
    Bureau of Naval Personnel Information Bulletin No. 356 (November 1946)

    (Citation Needed) – SYNOPSIS: Captain Curtis S. Smiley, United States Navy, was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross for extraordinary achievement while participating in aerial flight as Air Group Commander, embarked in U.S.S. YORKTOWN over Jaluit Island on 1 February 1942.