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Awards Received

  • Distinguished Flying Cross

    Service:

    United States Navy

    Rank:

    Ensign

    Batallion:

    Composite Squadron 90 (VC-90)

    Division:

    U.S.S. Steamer Bay

    Action Date:

    February 16 – May 7, 1945

    Bureau of Naval Personnel Information Bulletin No. 361 (March 1947)

    (Citation Needed) – SYNOPSIS: Ensign Robert J. Universaw, United States Navy, was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross (Posthumously) for extraordinary achievement while participating in aerial flight as a Pilot in Composite Squadron NINETY (VC-90), embarked in U.S.S. STEAMER BAY, over Iwo Jima, from 16 February 1945 to 7 May 1945.