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Awards Received

  • Distinguished Flying Cross

    Service:

    United States Navy

    Rank:

    Ensign

    Batallion:

    Composite Squadron 20 (VC-20)

    Division:

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

    Action Date:

    October 25, 1944

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

    (Citation Needed) – SYNOPSIS: Ensign Charles W. Roth, United States Navy, was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross for extraordinary achievement while participating in aerial flight as Pilot of a Torpedo Plane in Composite Squadron TWENTY (VC-20), embarked in U.S.S. KADASHAN BAY (CV-76), in the Battle off Samar, on 25 October 1944.