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Awards Received

  • Distinguished Flying Cross

    Service:

    United States Navy

    Rank:

    Commander [then Lieutenant Commander]

    Batallion:

    Bombing Squadron 10 (VB-10)

    Division:

    U.S.S. Enterprise

    Action Date:

    March & April 1944

    Bureau of Naval Personnel Information Bulletin No. 356 (November 1946)

    (Citation Needed) – SYNOPSIS: Commander [then Lieutenant Commander] Richard L. Poor, United States Navy, was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross for extraordinary achievement while participating in aerial flight as Commanding Officer of Bombing Squadron TEN (VB-10), embarked in U.S.S. ENTERPRISE, in the vicinity of Truk, Caroline Islands and New Guinea, during March and April 1944.