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Awards Received

  • Distinguished Flying Cross

    Service:

    United States Navy

    Rank:

    Ensign

    Batallion:

    Torpedo Squadron 94 (VT-94)

    Division:

    U.S.S. Lexington

    Action Date:

    July 28, 1945

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

    (Citation Needed) – SYNOPSIS: Ensign Norton E. Sims, United States Navy, was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross (Posthumously) for extraordinary achievement while participating in aerial flight as a Pilot in Torpedo Squadron NINETY-FOUR (VT-94), embarked in U.S.S. LEXINGTON, over Kure Naval Base, Japan, on 28 July 1945.