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Awards Received

  • Distinguished Flying Cross

    Service:

    United States Navy

    Rank:

    Lieutenant, Junior Grade

    Batallion:

    Fighting Squadron 88 (VF-88)

    Division:

    U.S.S. Yorktown

    Action Date:

    August 10, 1945

    Bureau of Naval Personnel Information Bulletin No. 355 (October 1946)

    (Citation Needed) – SYNOPSIS: Lieutenant, Junior Grade William Tuohimaa (NSN: 0-347054), 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-EIGHT (VF-88), embarked in U.S.S. YORKTOWN, over Nilgata, Honshu, Japan, on 10 August 1945.