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Awards Received

  • Distinguished Flying Cross

    Service:

    United States Navy

    Rank:

    Lieutenant, Junior Grade

    Action Date:

    World War II

    Bureau of Naval Personnel Information Bulletin No. 334 (January 1945)

    The President of the United States of America takes pleasure in presenting the Distinguished Flying Cross to Lieutenant, Junior Grade Jack H. Wells (NSN: 0-250884), United States Naval Reserve, for extraordinary achievement while participating in aerial flight as section leader of a carrier-based dive-bombing squadron during World War II. Lieutenant, Junior Grade, Wells participated in a hazardous strike against units of the Japanese fleet west of the Mariana Islands. In the face of tremendous anti-aircraft fire of all calibers, he scored a direct hit with his bomb load on a large enemy carrier.