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Awards Received

  • Distinguished Flying Cross

    Service:

    United States Navy

    Rank:

    Ensign

    Batallion:

    Patrol Bombing Squadron 18 (VPB-18)

    Action Date:

    May 15, 1945

    Bureau of Naval Personnel Information Bulletin No. 358 (January 1947)

    (Citation Needed) – SYNOPSIS: Ensign Newton R. Harold, United States Navy, was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross (Posthumously) for extraordinary achievement while participating in aerial flight as Navigator of a Patrol Bomber in Patrol Bombing Squadron EIGHTEEN (VPB-18) over Tsushima Strait on 15 May 1945.