Navy Federal Credit Union

Awards Received

  • Distinguished Flying Cross

    Service:

    United States Navy

    Rank:

    Lieutenant

    Batallion:

    Fighting Squadron 88 (VF-88)

    Division:

    U.S.S. Yorktown (CV-10)

    Action Date:

    July 30, 1945

    Bureau of Naval Personnel Information Bulletin No. 369 (November 1947)

    (Citation Needed) – SYNOPSIS: Lieutenant Fred C. Suayres, United States Navy, was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross for extraordinary achievement while participating in aerial flight as Leader of a flight of four planes in Fighting Squadron EIGHTY-EIGHT (VF-88), embarked in U.S.S. YORKTOWN (CV-10), over the Sea of Japan, on 30 July 1945.