Navy Federal Credit Union

Awards Received

  • Distinguished Flying Cross

    Service:

    United States Navy

    Rank:

    Lieutenant, Junior Grade

    Batallion:

    Fighter Squadron 23 (VF-23)

    Division:

    U.S.S. Essex (CV-9)

    Action Date:

    August 11, 1952

    All Hands (October 1953)

    (Citation Needed) – SYNOPSIS: Lieutenant, Junior Grade Leo Thomas Freitas (NSN: 0-508154), United States Navy, was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross (Posthumously) for extraordinary achievement while participating in aerial flight while serving with Fighter Squadron TWENTY-THREE (VF-23), embarked in U.S.S. ESSEX (CV-9), in action against enemy aggressor forces in Korea on 11 August 1952.