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Awards Received

  • Distinguished Flying Cross

    Service:

    United States Navy

    Rank:

    Lieutenant

    Batallion:

    Bombing Squadron 86 (VB-86)

    Division:

    U.S.S. Wasp (CV-18)

    Action Date:

    March 19, 1945

    Bureau of Naval Personnel Information Bulletin No. 365 (July 1947)

    (Citation Needed) – SYNOPSIS: Lieutenant Richard H. Sewall, United States Navy, was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross for extraordinary achievement while participating in aerial flight as Pilot of a Dive Bomber in Bombing Squadron EIGHTY-SIX (VB-86), embarked in U.S.S. WASP (CV-18), over Kure Naval Base, Japan, on 19 March 1945.