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Awards Received

  • Distinguished Flying Cross

    Service:

    United States Navy

    Rank:

    Lieutenant, Junior Grade

    Batallion:

    Bombing Squadron 3 (VB-3)

    Division:

    U.S.S. Yorktown (CV-10)

    Action Date:

    January 9, 1945

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

    (Citation Needed) – SYNOPSIS: Lieutenant, Junior Grade James H. Spinks, United States Navy, was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross for extraordinary achievement while participating in aerial flight as Pilot of a Torpedo Plane in Bombing Squadron THREE (VB-3), embarked in U.S.S. YORKTOWN (CV-10), over Formosa, on 9 January 1945.