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Awards Received

  • Silver Star

    Service:

    United States Army Air Forces

    Rank:

    Second Lieutenant (Air Corps)

    Regiment:

    376th Bombardment Group (H)

    Division:

    9th Air Force

    Action Date:

    August 1, 1943

    Headquarters, 9th Air Force, General Orders No. 39 (May 5, 1943)

    (Citation Needed) – SYNOPSIS: The President of the United States of America, authorized by Act of Congress July 9, 1918, takes pleasure in presenting a Bronze Oak Leaf Cluster in lieu of a Second Award of the Silver Star to Second Lieutenant (Air Corps) Basil J. Antonio (ASN: 0-790205), United States Army Air Forces, for gallantry in action against the enemy while serving as Navigator of the B-24 Liberator Bomber of the 376th Bombardment Group (Heavy) NINTH Air Force, in aerial operations during the low-level bombing mission against the Oil Refineries at Ploesti, Romania, on 1 August 1943. During a long and hazardous attack against a vital enemy oil installation made at low-altitude by a formation of B-24 type aircraft, he flew through heavy enemy fire against impossible odds. The gallant actions and dedicated devotion to duty demonstrated by Second Lieutenant Antonio, without regard for his own life, were in keeping with the highest traditions of military service and reflect great credit upon himself and the United States Army Air Forces.

  • Silver Star

    Service:

    United States Army Air Forces

    Rank:

    Second Lieutenant (Air Corps)

    Regiment:

    376th Bombardment Group (H)

    Division:

    9th Air Force

    Action Date:

    World War II

    Headquarters, 9th Air Force, General Orders No. 39 (May 5, 1943)

    (UNCONFIRMED – Citation Needed) – SYNOPSIS: The President of the United States of America, authorized by Act of Congress July 9, 1918, takes pleasure in presenting the Silver Star to Second Lieutenant (Air Corps) Basil Jack Antonio (ASN: 0-790205), United States Army Air Forces, for gallantry in action against the enemy while serving as Navigator of the B-24 Liberator Bomber of the 376th Bombardment Group (Heavy) NINTH Air Force, in aerial operations in the North Africa Theater of Operations, in 1943. The gallant actions and dedicated devotion to duty demonstrated by Second Lieutenant Antonio, without regard for his own life, were in keeping with the highest traditions of military service and reflect great credit upon himself and the United States Army Air Forces.