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Awards Received

  • Distinguished Flying Cross

    Service:

    United States Army Air Forces

    Rank:

    First Lieutenant (Air Service)

    Action Date:

    July 15 – October 20, 1920

    War Department, General Orders No. 14 (1928)

    The President of the United States of America, authorized by Act of Congress, July 2, 1926, takes pleasure in presenting the Distinguished Flying Cross to First Lieutenant (Air Service) Clifford C. Nutt, U.S. Army Air Service, for extraordinary achievement while participating in an aerial flight. As deputy flight commander and pilot of one of the planes of the Alaskan Flying Expedition in a flight from Mitchel Field, New York, to Nome, Alaska, and return, from 15 July to 20 October 1920, Lieutenant Nutt exhibited fortitude, perseverance, courage, and skill, which aided materially in the successful completion of this pioneer flight to Alaska.