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Awards Received

  • Navy and Marine Corps Medal

    Service:

    United States Navy

    Rank:

    Petty Officer Third Class

    Division:

    U.S.S. Hornet (CV-12)

    Action Date:

    July 5, 1945

    Bureau of Naval Personnel Information Bulletin No. 378 (August 1948)

    (Citation Needed) – SYNOPSIS: Petty Officer Third Class Bobby Fowler, United States Navy, was awarded the Navy and Marine Corps Medal for heroic conduct in securing an airplane which had broken loose and blown over on the side of the flight deck of the U.S.S. HORNET (CV-12), during a typhoon in Western Pacific waters, on 5 June 1945.