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Robert
H.
Nash

Home:

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, 

South Dakota

Awards Received

  • Distinguished Flying Cross

    Service:

    United States Navy

    Rank:

    Lieutenant

    Batallion:

    Composite Squadron 75 (VC-75)

    Division:

    U.S.S. Ommaney Bay (CVE-79)

    Action Date:

    October 25, 1944
    Bureau of Naval Personnel Information Bulletin No. 364 (June 1947)

    (Citation Needed) – SYNOPSIS: Lieutenant Robert H. Nash, United States Navy, was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross for extraordinary achievement while participating in aerial flight as a Torpedo Plane Pilot in Composite Squadron SEVENTY-FIVE (VC-75), embarked in U.S.S. OMMANEY BAY (CVE-79), over Samar, on 25 October 1944.