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(Citation Needed) – SYNOPSIS: Lieutenant, Junior Grade [then Ensign] Thomas J. Wadsworth, United States Navy, was awarded a Gold Star in lieu of a Second Award of the Distinguished Flying Cross for extraordinary achievement while participating in aerial flight as Pilot of a Fighter Plane in Composite Squadron NINE (VC-9), embarked in U.S.S. NATOMA BAY (CVE-62), over the Nansei Shoto area, from 25 March 1945 to 20 June 1945.

Awards Received

  • Distinguished Flying Cross

    Service:

    United States Navy

    Rank:

    Lieutenant, Junior Grade [then Ensign]

    Batallion:

    Composite Squadron 9 (VC-9)

    Action Date:

    June 15, 1945
    Bureau of Naval Personnel Information Bulletin No. 357 (December 1946)

    (Citation Needed) – SYNOPSIS: Lieutenant, Junior Grade [then Ensign] Thomas J. Wadsworth, United States Navy, was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross for extraordinary achievement while participating in aerial flight as Pilot of a Fighter Plane in Composite Squadron NINE (VC-9), during anti-submarine operations in the South Atlantic on 15 June 1945.