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Awards Received

  • Distinguished Flying Cross

    Service:

    United States Navy

    Rank:

    Aviation Radioman First Class

    Batallion:

    Torpedo Squadron

    Division:

    U.S.S. Suwannee (CVE-27)

    Action Date:

    April 1 – May 5, 1945

    Bureau of Naval Personnel Information Bulletin No. 351 (June 1946)

    (Citation Needed) – SYNOPSIS: Aviation Radioman First Class James Joseph Joyce, Jr. (NSN: 6079025), United States Navy, was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross (Posthumously) for extraordinary achievement while participating in aerial flight as crewman in a Torpedo Plane embarked in U.S.S. SUWANNEE (CVE-27), over the Nansei Shoto area, from 1 April 1945 to 5 May 1945.