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John
W.
Murphy
POW (WWII)

Home:

Anoka

, 

Minnesota

Awards Received

  • Distinguished Flying Cross

    Service:

    United States Navy

    Rank:

    Lieutenant

    Batallion:

    Composite Squadron 3 (VC-3)

    Division:

    U.S.S. Kalinin Bay (CVE-68)

    Action Date:

    October 25, 1944
    Bureau of Naval Personnel Information Bulletin No. 362 (April 1947)

    (Citation Needed) – SYNOPSIS: Lieutenant John W. Murphy, United States Navy, was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross for extraordinary achievement while participating in aerial flight as a Fighter Pilot in Composite Squadron THREE (VC-3), embarked in U.S.S. KALININ BAY (CVE-68), over the Philippine Islands on 25 October 1944.

  • Prisoner of War Medal

    Service:

    United States Navy

    Rank:

    Lieutenant

    Division:

    Prisoner of War (USSR)

    Action Date:

    World War II
    CNO Serial NDBDM/2168 (September 29, 1992)

    Lieutenant John W. Murphy, United States Navy, was held as a Prisoner of War in the Soviet Union after he was shot down during World War II.