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Emil
Morris
Petterborg
POW (WWII)

Home:

Preston

, 

Idaho

Awards Received

  • Prisoner of War Medal

    Service:

    United States Navy

    Rank:

    Lieutenant, Junior Grade

    Division:

    Prisoner of War (USSR)

    Action Date:

    World War II
    CNO Serial NDBDM/2428 (December 2, 1991)

    Lieutenant, Junior Grade, Emil Morris Petterborg (NSN: 0-306126), United States Naval Reserve, was held as a Prisoner of War in the Soviet Union after he was shot down during World War II.

  • Distinguished Flying Cross

    Service:

    United States Navy

    Rank:

    Lieutenant, Junior Grade

    Batallion:

    Patrol Bombing Squadron

    Action Date:

    August 26, 1944
    Bureau of Naval Personnel Information Bulletin No. 351 (June 1946)

    (Citation Needed) – SYNOPSIS: Lieutenant, Junior Grade Emil Morris Petterborg (NSN: 0-306126), United States Navy, was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross for extraordinary achievement while participating in aerial flight as Co-pilot of a Patrol Bomber over Paramushiro Straits on 26 August 1944.