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Awards Received

  • Distinguished Flying Cross

    Service:

    United States Navy

    Rank:

    Lieutenant, Junior Grade

    Batallion:

    Patrol Bombing Squadron 118 (VPB-118)

    Action Date:

    May 5 & 7 & July 4, 1945

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

    (Citation Needed) – SYNOPSIS: Lieutenant, Junior Grade William P. Whitmore, United States Navy, was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross for extraordinary achievement while participating in aerial flight as aircrewman of a Patrol Bomber in Patrol Bombing Squadron ONE HUNDRED EIGHTEEN (VPB-118), in the vicinity of Korea, on 5 and 7 May 1945, and 4 July 1945.