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Awards Received

  • Distinguished Flying Cross

    Service:

    United States Navy

    Rank:

    Ensign

    Batallion:

    Composite Squadron 9 (VC-9)

    Division:

    U.S.S. Natoma Bay (CVE-62)

    Action Date:

    March 25 – June 20, 1945

    Bureau of Naval Personnel Information Bulletin No. 368 (October 1947)

    (Citation Needed) – SYNOPSIS: Ensign Alexander K. Ciolek, United States Navy, was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross for extraordinary achievement while participating in aerial flight as a Pilot in Composite Squadron NINE (VC-9), embarked in U.S.S. NATOMA BAY (CVE-62), over the Nansei Shoto, from 25 March 1945 to 20 June 1945.