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Awards Received

  • Distinguished Flying Cross

    Service:

    United States Navy

    Action Date:

    May 4, 1945

    Citation Courtesy of the Distinguished Flying Cross Society – www.dfcsociety.org

    The President of the United States of America takes pleasure in presenting the Distinguished Flying Cross to Angus T. Morrison, United States Navy, for heroism and extraordinary achievement in aerial flight as a Division Leader in Fighting Squadron Forty Six attached to the U.S.S. Independence in action against enemy Japanese forces at Kikai Shima in the Mansei Shoto on May 4, 1945. Leading a four-plane division on target combat air patrol, Lieutenant Morrison dive-bombed Kikai Airfield and, then pursuing a group of enemy planes, destroyed two aircraft in the ensuing engagement. His courageous devotion to duty was in keeping with the highest traditions of the United States Naval Service.