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Navy Federal Credit Union
Hubert
T.
Houston
POW (WWII)

Home:

St. Petersburg

, 

Florida

Awards Received

  • Prisoner of War Medal

    Service:

    United States Navy

    Rank:

    Lieutenant

    Division:

    Prisoner of War (Japan)

    Action Date:

    World War II
    NARA Database: Records of World War II Prisoners of War, created, 1942 – 1947

    Lieutenant Hubert T. Houston (NSN: 0-106876), United States Navy, was captured by Japanese forces during World War II, and was held as a Prisoner of War until the end of hostilities in September 1945.

  • Distinguished Flying Cross

    Service:

    United States Navy

    Rank:

    Lieutenant

    Batallion:

    Fighting Squadron

    Division:

    U.S.S. Essex

    Action Date:

    January 3, 1945
    Bureau of Naval Personnel Information Bulletin No. 343 (October 1945)

    (Citation Needed) – SYNOPSIS: Lieutenant Hubert T. Houston (NSN: 0-106876), United States Navy, was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross for extraordinary achievement while participating in aerial flight as Pilot and a Leader of a Division in a Fighting Squadron embarked in U.S.S. ESSEX over Okinawa, on 3 January 1945.