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Awards Received

  • Distinguished Flying Cross

    Service:

    United States Navy

    Rank:

    Lieutenant

    Batallion:

    Bombing Squadron 10 (VB-10)

    Division:

    U.S.S. Enterprise (CV-6)

    Action Date:

    June 20, 1944

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

    (Citation Needed) – SYNOPSIS: Lieutenant William W. Schaffer, 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 (CV-6), over the Mariana Islands on 20 June 1944.