Navy Federal Credit Union

Awards Received

  • Distinguished Flying Cross

    Service:

    United States Navy

    Rank:

    Lieutenant, Junior Grade

    Batallion:

    Composite Squadron 3 (VC-3)

    Division:

    U.S.S. Princeton (CV-37)

    Action Date:

    March 8, 1951

    All Hands (March 1952)

    (Citation Needed) – SYNOPSIS: Lieutenant, Junior Grade Baxter Hughes Cook, II (NSN: 424847), United States Navy, was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross (Posthumously) for extraordinary achievement while participating in aerial flight as Pilot of a night fighter plane in Composite Squadron THREE (VC-3), attached to U.S.S. PRINCETON (CV-37), in action against enemy forces in Korea on 8 March 1951.