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Dean
M.
Schmitter

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Awards Received

  • Distinguished Flying Cross

    Service:

    United States Navy

    Rank:

    Lieutenant

    Batallion:

    Fighting Squadron 44 (VF-44)

    Division:

    U.S.S. Langley (CV-27)

    Action Date:

    January 12, 1945
    Bureau of Naval Personnel Information Bulletin No. 360 (February 1947)

    (Citation Needed) – SYNOPSIS: Lieutenant Dean M. Schmitter, United States Navy, was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross for extraordinary achievement while participating in aerial flight as a Pilot in Fighting Squadron FORTY-FOUR (VF-44), embarked in U.S.S. LANGLEY (CV-27), over French Indo-China on 12 January 1945.