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Awards Received

  • Distinguished Flying Cross

    Service:

    United States Navy

    Rank:

    Lieutenant

    Batallion:

    Composite Squadron 75 (VC-75)

    Division:

    U.S.S. Ommaney Bay

    Action Date:

    October 25 – 26, 1944

    Bureau of Naval Personnel Information Bulletin No. 345 (December 1945)

    (Citation Needed) – SYNOPSIS: Lieutenant Thomas F. Wilson (NSN: 0-130332), United States Naval Reserve, was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross (Posthumously) for extraordinary achievement while participating in aerial flight as Pilot of a Fighter Plane and Division Leader in Composite Squadron SEVENTY-FIVE (VC-75), embarked in U.S.S. OMMANEY BAY, during the Battle of Leyte Gulf, 25 – 26 October 1944.