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Awards Received

  • Distinguished Flying Cross

    Service:

    United States Navy

    Rank:

    Lieutenant [then Lieutenant, Junior Grade]

    Batallion:

    Patrol Squadron

    Action Date:

    September 6 – 21, 1944

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

    (Citation Needed) – SYNOPSIS: Lieutenant [then Lieutenant, Junior Grade] Donald L. Hand, United States Navy, was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross for extraordinary achievement while participating in aerial flight as Commander of a Patrol Plane over Mindanao, from 6 to 21 September 1944.