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Hubert
F.
Gruriss

Home:

Youngstown

, 

Ohio

Awards Received

  • Distinguished Flying Cross

    Service:

    United States Navy

    Rank:

    Lieutenant [then Lieutenant, Junior Grade]

    Batallion:

    Bombing Squadron 10 (VB-10)

    Division:

    U.S.S. Enterprise

    Action Date:

    June 20, 1944
    Bureau of Naval Personnel Information Bulletin No. 357 (December 1946)

    (Citation Needed) – SYNOPSIS: Lieutenant [then Lieutenant, Junior Grade] Hubert F. Gruriss, United States Navy, was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross for extraordinary achievement while participating in aerial flight as a Pilot in Bombing Squadron TEN (VB-10) embarked in U.S.S. ENTERPRISE, in the vicinity of the Marianas during the First Battle of the Philippine Sea on 20 June 1944.