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Awards Received

  • Distinguished Flying Cross

    Service:

    United States Navy

    Rank:

    Lieutenant, Junior Grade

    Regiment:

    Air Group 1

    Division:

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

    Action Date:

    June 19, 1944

    Bureau of Naval Personnel Information Bulletin No. 367 (September 1947)

    (Citation Needed) – SYNOPSIS: Lieutenant, Junior Grade Rudolph W. Matz, United States Navy, was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross for extraordinary achievement while participating in aerial flight as a Pilot in Air Group ONE, embarked in U.S.S. YORKTOWN (CV-10), in the First Battle of the Philippine Sea, on 19 June 1944.