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Awards Received

  • Distinguished Flying Cross

    Service:

    United States Navy

    Rank:

    Lieutenant [then Lieutenant, Junior Grade]

    Division:

    Airship K-95

    Action Date:

    July 2, 1944

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

    (Citation Needed) – SYNOPSIS: Lieutenant [then Lieutenant, Junior Grade] Peter I. Culbertson, United States Navy, was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross for extraordinary achievement while participating in aerial flight as Command Pilot of the Airship K-95, in the rescue of marooned airmen in the California desert on 2 July 1944.