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Awards Received

  • Distinguished Flying Cross

    Service:

    United States Navy

    Rank:

    Lieutenant Commander [then Lieutenant]

    Action Date:

    November 5, 1943

    Bureau of Naval Personnel Information Bulletin No. 356 (November 1946)

    (Citation Needed) – SYNOPSIS: Lieutenant Commander [then Lieutenant] Samuel K. Taylor, Jr., United States Navy, was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross for extraordinary achievement while participating in aerial flight as Commander of a Navy plane, in action against an enemy submarine in the South Atlantic area on 5 November 1943.