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Awards Received

  • Distinguished Flying Cross

    Service:

    United States Navy

    Rank:

    Lieutenant [then Lieutenant, Junior Grade]

    Batallion:

    Torpedo Squadron 23 (VT-23)

    Division:

    U.S.S. Princeton (CVL-23)

    Action Date:

    November 5, 1943

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

    (Citation Needed) – SYNOPSIS: Lieutenant [then Lieutenant, Junior Grade] Robert W. Gould, United States Navy, was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross for extraordinary achievement while participating in aerial flight as Pilot of a Torpedo Plane in Torpedo Squadron TWENTY-THREE (VT-23), embarked in U.S.S. PRINCETON (CVL-23), over Rabaul, on 5 November 1943.