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Awards Received

  • Distinguished Flying Cross

    Service:

    United States Navy

    Rank:

    Ensign

    Batallion:

    Patrol Bombing Squadron 118 (VPB-118)

    Action Date:

    World War II

    (Citation Needed) – SYNOPSIS: Ensign Samuel L. Heublein, United States Navy, was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross for extraordinary achievement while participating in aerial flight as Co-Pilot of a Patrol Bomber in Patrol Bombing Squadron ONE HUNDRED EIGHTEEN (VPB-118), during World War II.

  • Distinguished Flying Cross

    Service:

    United States Navy

    Rank:

    Ensign

    Batallion:

    Patrol Bombing Squadron 118 (VPB-118)

    Action Date:

    May 7 & June 16, 1945

    Bureau of Naval Personnel Information Bulletin No. 364 (June 1947)

    (Citation Needed) – SYNOPSIS: Ensign Samuel L. Heublein, 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 Co-Pilot of a Patrol Bomber in Patrol Bombing Squadron ONE HUNDRED EIGHTEEN (VPB-118), over Korea on 7 May 1945 and on 16 June 1945.