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Awards Received

  • Distinguished Flying Cross

    Service:

    United States Navy

    Rank:

    Lieutenant, Junior Grade

    Batallion:

    Bombing Squadron 14 (VB-14)

    Division:

    U.S.S. Wasp (CV-18)

    Action Date:

    July 4, 1945

    Bureau of Naval Personnel Information Bulletin No. 360 (February 1947)

    (Citation Needed) – SYNOPSIS: Lieutenant, Junior Grade Cornelius J. Haggerty, United States Navy, was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross for extraordinary achievement while participating in aerial flight as a Pilot in Bombing Squadron FOURTEEN, embarked in U.S.S. WASP (CV-18), in the vicinity of the Bonin Islands on 4 July 1945.