(Citation Needed) – SYNOPSIS: Lieutenant, Junior Grade Robert Hurst, United States Navy, was awarded a Gold Star in lieu of a Second Award of the Distinguished Flying Cross for extraordinary achievement while participating in aerial flight as a Fighter Pilot in Fighting Squadron EIGHTEEN (VF-18), during World War II.
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Awards Received
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Distinguished Flying Cross
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Distinguished Flying Cross
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Distinguished Flying Cross
Service:
United States NavyRank:
Lieutenant, Junior GradeBatallion:
Fighting Squadron 18 (VF-18)Action Date:
World War II
Bureau of Naval Personnel Information Bulletin No. 364 (June 1947)(Citation Needed) – SYNOPSIS: Lieutenant, Junior Grade Robert Hurst, United States Navy, was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross for extraordinary achievement while participating in aerial flight as a Fighter Pilot in Fighting Squadron EIGHTEEN (VF-18), during World War II.
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Distinguished Flying Cross
Service:
United States NavyRank:
Lieutenant, Junior GradeBatallion:
Fighting Squadron 18 (VF-18)Division:
U.S.S. Intrepid (CV-11)Action Date:
October 24, 1944
Bureau of Naval Personnel Information Bulletin No. 364 (June 1947)(Citation Needed) – SYNOPSIS: Lieutenant, Junior Grade Robert Hurst, United States Navy, was awarded a Second Gold Star in lieu of a Third Award of the Distinguished Flying Cross for extraordinary achievement while participating in aerial flight as a Fighter Pilot in Fighting Squadron EIGHTEEN (VF-18), embarked in U.S.S. INTREPID (CV-11), over Leyte Gulf, on 24 October 1944.