Navy Federal Credit Union

Awards Received

  • Distinguished Flying Cross

    Service:

    United States Navy

    Rank:

    Lieutenant, Junior Grade

    Batallion:

    Attack Squadron 145 (VA-145)

    Division:

    U.S.S. Kearsarge (CV-33)

    Action Date:

    February 8, 1953

    All Hands (January 1954)

    (Citation Needed) – SYNOPSIS: Lieutenant, Junior Grade Donald H. Hagge (NSN: 0-521649), United States Navy, was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross (Posthumously) for extraordinary achievement while participating in aerial flight while serving with Attack Squadron ONE HUNDRED FORTY-FIVE (VA-145), embarked in U.S.S. KEARSARGE (CV-33), in action against enemy aggressor forces in Korea on 8 February 1953.