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Awards Received

  • Distinguished Flying Cross

    Service:

    United States Navy

    Rank:

    Lieutenant

    Batallion:

    Patrol Bombing Squadron 63 (VPB-63)

    Action Date:

    August 17, 1942 – June 25, 1944

    Bureau of Naval Personnel Information Bulletin No. 355 (October 1946)

    (Citation Needed) – SYNOPSIS: Lieutenant Woodrow Everett Sholes, United States Navy, was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross (Posthumously) for extraordinary achievement while participating in aerial flight from 17 August 1942 to 25 June 1944. Lieutenant Sholes extraordinary achievement while participating in aerial flight as a member of the aircrew of a U.S. Navy Patrol Bombing Aircraft in Patrol Bombing Squadron SIXTY-THREE (VPB-63), engaged in anti-submarine operations in the Bay of Biscay and the Western Approaches to the United Kingdom.