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Awards Received

  • Distinguished Flying Cross

    Service:

    United States Navy

    Rank:

    Aviation Radioman Third Class

    Batallion:

    Bombing Squadron

    Division:

    U.S.S. Yorktown (CV-5)

    Action Date:

    May 8, 1942

    Bureau of Naval Personnel Information Bulletin No. 309 (December 1942)

    The President of the United States of America takes pleasure in presenting the Distinguished Flying Cross to Aviation Radioman Third Class Lynn Raymond Forshee, United States Navy, for extraordinary achievement in aerial combat as a rear seat gunner in an airplane of a Bombing Squadron in action against Japanese forces in the Battle of the Coral Sea on May 8, 1942. In addition to repelling enemy attacks on his plane and shooting down one enemy aircraft, Aviation Radioman Third Class Forshee was directly responsible for the waving of the aircraft and pilots of his squadron. His courage, skill alertness and a complete disregard for his own personal safety were directly responsible for the saving of his own plane and the destruction of one enemy Japanese aircraft.