Navy Federal Credit Union

Awards Received

  • Distinguished Flying Cross

    Service:

    United States Navy

    Rank:

    Aviation Radioman Third Class

    Action Date:

    March 25 – April 29, 1945

    The President of the United States of America takes pleasure in presenting the Distinguished Flying Cross to Aviation Radioman Third Class Paul David Borgmeyer, United States Naval Reserve, for extraordinary achievement while participating in aerial flight for the completion of twenty strikes or flights during which he has attacked the enemy or has met enemy opposition or had been actually subjected to enemy attack or in an active combat area where enemy anti-aircraft fire was expected to be effective or where enemy aircraft patrols usually occurred, while serving with a squadron based aboard an escort carrier engaged in operations against the enemy at Okinawa Shima, from 25 March 1945 to 29 April 1945.