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Awards Received

  • Navy and Marine Corps Medal

    Service:

    United States Navy

    Rank:

    Lieutenant, Junior Grade

    Batallion:

    Night Torpedo Squadron 90 (VT(N)-90)

    Division:

    U.S.S. Enterprise (CV-6)

    Action Date:

    February 26, 1945

    Bureau of Naval Personnel Information Bulletin No. 362 (April 1947)

    (Citation Needed) – SYNOPSIS: Lieutenant, Junior Grade Robert B. Hadley, United States Navy, was awarded the Navy and Marine Corps Medal for heroic conduct while serving as Radar Operator and Navigator of a Torpedo Bomber Plane in Night Torpedo Squadron NINETY (VT(N)-90), embarked in U.S.S. ENTERPRISE (CV-6), in the Bonin Islands area on 26 February 1945. Lieutenant, Junior Grade Hadley rescued the pilot and a crewman when their airplane was forced down at sea.