Navy Federal Credit Union

Awards Received

  • Distinguished Flying Cross

    Service:

    United States Marine Corps

    Rank:

    Sergeant

    Action Date:

    May 6 – 20, 1945

    Commanding General 1st Marine Aircraft Wing: Serial: A-182 (December 6, 1945)

    The President of the United States of America takes pleasure in presenting the Distinguished Flying Cross to Sergeant Joseph Dewey Lee Buckland (MCSN: 405604), United States Marine Corps Reserve, for extraordinary achievement while participating in aerial flight in connection with military operations against the enemy in the Bismarck Archipelago Area from 6 May 1945 to 20 May 1945. Sergeant Buckland completed twenty flights in a combat area where enemy anti-aircraft fire was expected to be effective or where enemy aircraft patrols usually occurred and on one or more of these missions such enemy opposition was encountered. His conduct throughout has distinguished him among those performing duties of the same character.