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Awards Received

  • Distinguished Flying Cross

    Service:

    United States Navy

    Rank:

    Lieutenant

    Batallion:

    Composite Squadron 68 (VC-68)

    Division:

    U.S.S. Fanshaw Bay (CVE-70)

    Action Date:

    October 25, 1944

    Bureau of Naval Personnel Information Bulletin No. 366 (August 1947)

    (Citation Needed) – SYNOPSIS: Lieutenant Franklin B. McMillan, United States Navy, was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross for extraordinary achievement while participating in aerial flight as a Fighter Pilot in Composite Squadron SIXTY-EIGHT (VC-68), embarked in U.S.S. FANSHAW BAY (CVE-70), during the Battle for Leyte Gulf, on 25 October 1944.