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Awards Received

  • Distinguished Flying Cross

    Service:

    United States Navy

    Rank:

    Lieutenant Commander

    Batallion:

    Fighting Squadron 13 (VF-13)

    Division:

    U.S.S. Franklin (CV-13)

    Action Date:

    October 15, 1944
    Bureau of Naval Personnel Information Bulletin No. 362 (April 1947)

    (Citation Needed) – SYNOPSIS: Lieutenant Commander Willard T. Grove, United States Navy, was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross for extraordinary achievement while participating in aerial flight as Leader of a Fighter Plane Group in Fighting Squadron THIRTEEN (VF-13), embarked in U.S.S. FRANKLIN (CV-13), over Luzon Island, Philippine Islands, on 15 October 1944.