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Awards Received

  • Distinguished Flying Cross

    Service:

    United States Navy

    Rank:

    Commander [then Lieutenant]

    Batallion:

    Fighting Squadron 5 (VF-5)

    Division:

    U.S.S. Yorktown

    Action Date:

    1943 & 1944

    Bureau of Naval Personnel Information Bulletin No. 357 (December 1946)

    (Citation Needed) – SYNOPSIS: Commander [then Lieutenant] Robert C. Jones, United States Navy, was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross for extraordinary achievement while participating in aerial flight as Executive Officer and acting Commanding Officer of Fighting Squadron FIVE (VF-5), embarked in U.S.S. YORKTOWN, over the Pacific war areas during 1943 and 1944.