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Thomas
A.
Turner

Home:

San Francisco

, 

California

Awards Received

  • Distinguished Flying Cross

    Service:

    United States Navy

    Rank:

    Lieutenant

    Batallion:

    Composite Squadron 77 (VC-77)

    Division:

    U.S.S. Rudyard Bay (CVE-81)

    Action Date:

    February 19 – March 8, 1945
    Bureau of Naval Personnel Information Bulletin No. 367 (September 1947)

    (Citation Needed) – SYNOPSIS: Lieutenant Thomas A. Turner, United States Navy, was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross for extraordinary achievement while participating in aerial flight while serving in Composite Squadron SEVENTY-SEVEN (VC-77), embarked in U.S.S. RUDYARD BAY (CVE-81) over Iwo Jima, from 19 February 1945 to 8 March 1945.