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Awards Received

  • Distinguished Flying Cross

    Service:

    United States Navy

    Rank:

    Ensign

    Batallion:

    Fighting Squadron 84 (VF-84)

    Division:

    U.S.S. Bunker Hill (CV-17)

    Action Date:

    February 21 – May 9, 1945

    Bureau of Naval Personnel Information Bulletin No. 358 (January 1947)

    (Citation Needed) – SYNOPSIS: Ensign Robert T. Hight (NSN: 0-347445), United States Navy, was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross (Posthumously) for extraordinary achievement while participating in aerial flight as a Pilot in Fighting Squadron EIGHTY-FOUR (VF-84), embarked in U.S.S. BUNKER HILL (CV-17) in the vicinity of Tokyo, Iwo Jima, Kyushu and Okinawa, from 21 February to 9 May 1945.