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Awards Received

  • Distinguished Flying Cross

    Service:

    United States Navy

    Rank:

    Lieutenant, Junior Grade

    Action Date:

    July 6, 1943

    Bureau of Naval Personnel Information Bulletin No. 358 (January 1947)

    (Citation Needed) – SYNOPSIS: Lieutenant, Junior Grade Cecil O. Butcher, United States Navy, was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross for extraordinary achievement while participating in aerial flight as Navigator and Bow Gunner on a Navy Patrol Plane against an enemy submarine off the coast of French Morocco on 6 July 1943.