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Awards Received

  • Distinguished Flying Cross

    Service:

    United States Navy

    Rank:

    Lieutenant [then Lieutenant, Junior Grade]

    Batallion:

    Bombing Squadron 135 (VB-135)

    Action Date:

    June 14, 1944

    Bureau of Naval Personnel Information Bulletin No. 357 (December 1946)

    (Citation Needed) – SYNOPSIS: Lieutenant [then Lieutenant, Junior Grade] Lewis A. Patterson, United States Navy, was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross for extraordinary achievement while participating in aerial flight as Commander of a Ventura Medium Bomber in Bombing Squadron ONE HUNDRED THIRTY-FIVE (VB-135), in Fleet Air Wing 4, over Paramushiru and Shimushy Islands on 14 June 1944.