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Awards Received

  • Distinguished Flying Cross

    Service:

    United States Navy

    Rank:

    Aviation Radioman Third Class

    Division:

    U.S.S. Belleau Wood (CVL-24)

    Action Date:

    March 19, 23 & 24, 1945

    Bureau of Naval Personnel Information Bulletin No. 353 (August 1946)

    (Citation Needed) – SYNOPSIS: Aviation Radioman Third Class Theodore F. McDavid, Jr. (NSN: 7220418), United States Navy, was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross (Posthumously) for extraordinary achievement while participating in aerial flight as Radioman-gunner of an aircraft embarked in U.S.S. BELLEAU WOOD (CVL-24) over Kure Harbor, Japan, Ryukyu, and East China Sea areas on 19, 23 and 24 March 1945.