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Contact Info
Home Town Milton, MA
Last Address Houston, TX
BURIAL: George H.W. Bush Presidential Library and Museum College Station, Brazos County, Texas
Name of Award Distinguished Flying Cross (1917-2016)
Devices
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Year Awarded 1944
Last Updated: Apr 24, 2013
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Details Behind Award
The President of the United States takes pleasure in presenting the DISTINGUISHED FLYING CROSS TO LIEUTENANT, JUNIOR GRADE, GEORGE HERBERT WALKER BUSH UNITED STATES NAVAL RESERVE for service as set forth in the following
CITATION: "For heroism and extraordinary achievement in aerial flight as Pilot of a Torpedo Plane in Torpedo Squadron FIFTY ONE, attached to the U.S.S. San Jacinto, in action against enemy Japanese forces in the vicinity of the Bonin Islands, on September 2, 1944. Leading one section of a four-plane division in a strike against a radio station, Lieutenant, Junior Grade, Bush pressed home an attack in the face of intense antiaircraft fire. Although his plane was hit and set afire at the beginning of his dive, he continued his plunge toward the target and succeeded in scoring damaging bomb hits before bailing out of the craft. His courage and devotion to duty were in keeping with the highest traditions of the United States Naval Reserve."
For the President,
Secretary of the Navy
Copy to: Pers 01 Public Relations, Navy Dept. rough draft: 13 Sept 1946
