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Awards Received

  • Distinguished Flying Cross

    Service:

    United States Navy

    Rank:

    Ensign

    Batallion:

    Torpedo Squadron 84 (VT-84)

    Division:

    U.S.S. Bunker Hill (CV-17)

    Action Date:

    February 16, 1945

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

    (Citation Needed) – SYNOPSIS: Ensign Arthur Porter, United States Naval Reserve, was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross (Posthumously) for extraordinary achievement while participating in aerial flight as Pilot of a torpedo bomber in Torpedo Squadron EIGHTY-FOUR, embarked in U.S.S. BUNKER HILL (CV-17), over the Tokyo area, on 16 February 1945.