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Awards Received

  • Distinguished Flying Cross

    Service:

    United States Navy

    Rank:

    Aviation Radioman Second Class

    Division:

    U.S.S. Enterprise

    Action Date:

    October 18, 1944

    Bureau of Naval Personnel Information Bulletin No. 346 (January 1946)

    (Citation Needed) – SYNOPSIS: Aviation Radioman Second Class Fred Shepard Swinney (NSN: 6446246), United States Navy, was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross (Posthumously) for extraordinary achievement while participating in aerial flight as crew member aboard a dive bomber attached to the U.S.S. ENTERPRISE in the Philippine Islands area on 18 October 1944.