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Awards Received

  • Distinguished Flying Cross

    Service:

    United States Navy

    Rank:

    Lieutenant, Junior Grade

    Action Date:

    May 1943

    Bureau of Naval Personnel Information Bulletin No. 322 (January 1944)

    The President of the United States of America takes pride in presenting the Distinguished Flying Cross (Posthumously) to Lieutenant, Junior Grade Harold Clement Carey (NSN: 0-168337), United States Navy, for extraordinary achievement while participating in aerial flight in May 1943. Taking part in an aerial search for a hostile undersea craft known to be in the area, Lieutenant, Junior Grade, Carey contacted the ship and forced it to the surface. Despite anti-aircraft opposition, he made accurate diving attacks and spotted the craft for gunfire from our surface vessels which sent the U-Boat to the bottom.