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Awards Received

  • Distinguished Flying Cross

    Service:

    United States Navy

    Rank:

    Ensign

    Action Date:

    February 15, 1945

    Bureau of Naval Personnel Information Bulletin No. 344 (November 1945)

    (Citation Needed) – SYNOPSIS: Ensign Paul E. King, United States Naval Reserve, was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross for extraordinary achievement while participating in aerial flight in shooting down an enemy search plane on 15 February 1945, before it was able to report the powerful American force approaching Tokyo.