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Awards Received

  • Distinguished Flying Cross

    Service:

    United States Navy

    Rank:

    Lieutenant, Junior Grade

    Batallion:

    Fighting Squadron

    Division:

    U.S.S. Hornet

    Action Date:

    October 14, 1944

    Bureau of Naval Personnel Information Bulletin No. 340 (July 1945)

    (Citation Needed) – SYNOPSIS: Lieutenant, Junior Grade Samuel E. Goldberg (NSN: 0-156424), United States Navy, was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross (Posthumously) for extraordinary achievement while participating in aerial flight as a Pilot of an plane in a Fighting Squadron embarked in U.S.S. HORNET over Formosa and the Philippine Islands, 14 October 1944.