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Awards Received

  • Distinguished Flying Cross

    Service:

    United States Navy

    Rank:

    Lieutenant, Junior Grade

    Batallion:

    Fighting Squadron

    Division:

    U.S.S. Princeton (CVL-23)

    Action Date:

    September 24, 1944

    Bureau of Naval Personnel Information Bulletin No. 363 (May 1947)

    (Citation Needed) – SYNOPSIS: Lieutenant, Junior Grade Stuart B. Leigh, United States Navy, was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross for extraordinary achievement while participating in aerial flight as a Fighter Plane Pilot embarked in U.S.S. PRINCETON (CVL-23), in the vicinity of the Philippine Islands on 24 September 1944.