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Awards Received

  • Distinguished Flying Cross

    Service:

    United States Navy

    Rank:

    Ensign

    Batallion:

    Bombing Squadron 104 (VB-104)

    Action Date:

    October 28 – November 15, 1942

    Bureau of Naval Personnel Information Bulletin No. 363 (May 1947)

    (Citation Needed) – SYNOPSIS: Ensign Leonard E. Swanson (NSN: 0-176572), United States Navy, was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross (Posthumously) for extraordinary achievement while participating in aerial flight as Co-Pilot of a Liberator Bomber in Bombing Squadron ONE HUNDRED FOUR (VB-104), over the Gilbert and Caroline Islands, from 28 October 1942 to 15 November 1942.