Navy Federal Credit Union

Awards Received

  • Distinguished Flying Cross

    Service:

    United States Navy

    Rank:

    Lieutenant

    Batallion:

    Attack Squadron 195 (VA-195)

    Division:

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

    Action Date:

    June 6, 1952

    All Hands (February 1953)

    (Citation Needed) – SYNOPSIS: Lieutenant Durward Jerome Tennyson (NSN: 0-455330), United States Navy, was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross (Posthumously) for extraordinary achievement while participating in aerial flight while serving in Attack Squadron ONE HUNDRED NINETY-FIVE (VA-195), embarked in U.S.S. PRINCETON (CV-37), in action against enemy aggressor forces in Korea on 6 June 1952.