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Paul
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Awards Received

  • Distinguished Flying Cross

    Service:

    United States Navy

    Rank:

    Ensign

    Batallion:

    Fighting Squadron 7 (VF-7)

    Division:

    U.S.S. Hancock

    Action Date:

    October 25, 1944
    Bureau of Naval Personnel Information Bulletin No. 358 (January 1947)

    (Citation Needed) – SYNOPSIS: Ensign Paul Holland, Jr., United States Navy, was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross for extraordinary achievement while participating in aerial flight as a Pilot in Fighting Squadron SEVEN (VF-7), embarked in U.S.S. HANCOCK, over the Philippine Islands area on 25 October 1944.

  • Distinguished Flying Cross

    Service:

    United States Navy

    Rank:

    Ensign

    Batallion:

    Fighting Squadron 7 (VF-7)

    Division:

    U.S.S. Hancock

    Action Date:

    October 26, 1944
    Bureau of Naval Personnel Information Bulletin No. 358 (January 1947)

    (Citation Needed) – SYNOPSIS: Ensign Paul Holland, Jr., United States Navy, was awarded a Gold Star in lieu of a Second Award of the Distinguished Flying Cross for extraordinary achievement while participating in aerial flight as a Pilot in Fighting Squadron SEVEN (VF-7), embarked in U.S.S. HANCOCK, in a strike against the Japanese Fleet in the Philippine Islands on 26 October 1944.