(Citation Needed) – SYNOPSIS: Ensign Gerald C. Canaan (NSN: 0-505807), United States Navy, was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross for extraordinary achievement while participating in aerial flight while serving as a Pilot in Composite Squadron THIRTY-FIVE (VC-35), Carrier Air Group ONE HUNDRED TWO, embarked in U.S.S. BON HOMME RICHARD (CV-31), in action against enemy aggressor forces in Korea on 29 September 1951.
Sponsored by:
Gerald
C.
Canaan
POW (Korea)
Born:
Kane
,
Pennsylvania
Home:
Kane
,
Pennsylvania
Awards Received
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Distinguished Flying Cross
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Prisoner of War Medal
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Distinguished Flying Cross
Service:
United States NavyRank:
EnsignBatallion:
Composite Squadron 35 (VC-35)Regiment:
Carrier Air Group 102Division:
U.S.S. Bon Homme Richard (CV-31)Action Date:
September 29, 1951
All Hands (June 1953) -
Prisoner of War Medal
Service:
United States NavyRank:
EnsignBatallion:
Composite Squadron 35 (VC-35)Division:
Prisoner of War (North Korea)Action Date:
November 4, 1951 – September 2, 1953
Ensign Gerald C. Canaan (NSN: 0-505807), United States Navy, was captured after he was shot down over Korea on 4 November 1941, and was held as a Prisoner of War until his release in Operation Big Switch on 2 September 1953.