Recipients

All twelve pilots of Torpedo Squadron 3 who fought at Midway received the Navy Cross. Ten of the twelve were Missing in Action.

Beverly Reid was subsequently Killed in Action during the Eastern Solomon Campaign in August 1942.

On 18 June 1942, while participating in aerial gunnery practice over the Hawaiian Islands, Ensign Rich’s F4F-4 “Wildcat” fighter lost a wing and crashed, killing…