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Harvey
Hoffman
Pollard
POW (WWII)

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Awards Received

  • Prisoner of War Medal

    Service:

    United States Navy

    Rank:

    Aviation Ordnanceman Second Class

    Division:

    Prisoner of War (USSR)

    Action Date:

    World War II
    CNO Serial NDBDM/2428 (December 2, 1991)

    Aviation Ordnanceman Second Class Harvey Hoffman Pollard (NSN: 3128331), United States Navy, was held as a Prisoner of War in the Soviet Union after he was captured during World War II.

  • Distinguished Flying Cross

    Service:

    United States Navy

    Rank:

    Aviation Ordnanceman First Class [then Aviation Ordnanceman Second Class]

    Batallion:

    Patrol Bombing Squadron 136 (VPB-136)

    Action Date:

    August 26, 1944
    Bureau of Naval Personnel Information Bulletin No. 352 (July 1946)

    (Citation Needed) – SYNOPSIS: Aviation Ordnanceman First Class [then Aviation Ordnanceman Second Class] Harvey Hoffman Pollard (NSN: 3128331), United States Navy, was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross for extraordinary achievement while participating in aerial flight as a Gunner in Patrol Bombing Squadron ONE HUNDRED THIRTY-SIX (VPB-136), over Paramushiro Straits, on 26 August 1944.