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Casualty Info
Home Town Grand Junction
Last Address with Bombing Squadron TEN (VB-10) aboard USS Enterprise (CV-6)
Casualty Date Nov 14, 1942
Conflict World War II
Location of Interment Fort Logan National Cemetery (VA) - Denver, Colorado
This ribbon will display Multiple Award devices automatically based on the total number of awards listed
Details Behind Award
President Franklin Roosevelt authorized the Citation on February 6, 1942, intending it to be awarded in recognition of outstanding performance by a ship, aircraft or other naval or marine unit, against any armed enemy of the United States. Enterprise and her men were well qualified, to say the least.
The Citation was presented to Captain Samuel P. Ginder, Enterprise's commanding officer at the time. Ginder later ordered a replica of the Citation painted in six inch high letters on the island for all to enjoy:
For consistently outstanding performance and distinguished achievement during repeated action against enemy Japanese forces in the Pacific war area, December 7, 1941, to November 15, 1942. Participating in nearly every major carrier engagement in the first year of the war, the Enterprise and her air group, exclusive of far-flung destruction of hostile shore installations throughout the battle area, did sink or damage on her own a total of 35 Japanese vessels and shoot down a total of 185 Japanese aircraft. Her aggressive spirit and superb combat efficiency are fitting tribute to the officers and men who so gallantly established her as an ahead bulwark in the defense of the American nation.
