Navy Federal Credit Union

Awards Received

  • Distinguished Flying Cross

    Service:

    United States Navy

    Rank:

    Lieutenant Commander

    Action Date:

    December 14, 1966

    All Hands (May 1968)

    The President of the United States of America takes pleasure in presenting the Distinguished Flying Cross to Lieutenant Commander Conrad B. Olson, United States Navy, for heroism and extraordinary achievement while participating in aerial flight on 14 December 1966, as Section Leader of an eight-plane flak suppression element in a strike against the Van Dien vehicle depot. Despite intense anti-aircraft fire and surface-to-air missiles, he succeeded in silencing an active, heavy anti-aircraft emplacement in the target area with a guided missile. He then observed a surface-to-air missile lifting from a nearby site. Despite damage to his aircraft by anti-aircraft fire, he attacked the missile site and placed his rockets directly on target.