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Navy Federal Credit Union
Donald
R.
Rogers

Home:

Sioux City

, 

Iowa

Awards Received

  • Distinguished Flying Cross

    Service:

    United States Navy

    Rank:

    Lieutenant, Junior Grade

    Batallion:

    Composite Squadron 20 (VC-20)

    Division:

    U.S.S. Kadashan Bay (CVE-76)

    Action Date:

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

    (Citation Needed) – SYNOPSIS: Lieutenant, Junior Grade Donald R. Rogers, United States Navy, was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross for extraordinary achievement while participating in aerial flight as a Pilot in Composite Squadron TWENTY (VC-20), embarked in U.S.S. KADASHAN BAY (CVE-76), during the Battle off Samar on 25 November 1944.