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Thomas
G.
Buttle

Home:

Elyria

, 

Ohio

Awards Received

  • Distinguished Flying Cross

    Service:

    United States Navy

    Rank:

    Lieutenant, Junior Grade

    Batallion:

    Composite Squadron 5 (VC-5)

    Division:

    U.S.S. Kitkun Bay (CVE-71)

    Action Date:

    October 25, 1944
    Bureau of Naval Personnel Information Bulletin No. 370 (December 1947)

    (Citation Needed) – SYNOPSIS: Lieutenant, Junior Grade Thomas G. Buttle, United States Navy, was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross for extraordinary achievement while participating in aerial flight as a Pilot in Composite Squadron FIVE (VC-5), embarked in U.S.S. KITKUN BAY (CVE-71), in the Battle off Samar, on 25 October 1944.