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Awards Received

  • Distinguished Flying Cross

    Service:

    United States Navy

    Rank:

    Lieutenant

    Batallion:

    Fighting Squadron

    Division:

    U.S.S. Wasp

    Action Date:

    February 16, 1945

    Bureau of Naval Personnel Information Bulletin No. 343 (October 1945)

    (Citation Needed) – SYNOPSIS: Lieutenant John W. B. Gage, United States Naval Reserve, was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross for extraordinary achievement while participating in aerial flight as Pilot and Leader of a Division of Fighter Planes embarked in U.S.S. WASP over the Tokyo Bay area, on 16 February 1945.