sent complete contact and amplifying reports which later enabled our forces to attack the last remaining enemy aircraft carrier.Missouri at sea in her 1980s configurationġ5,000 nmi (28,000 km 17,000 mi) at 15 knots (28 km/h 17 mph)ġ17 officers, 1,804 enlisted men (designed) Second award, actions contributed to "the sinking or damaging of at least eight enemy Japanese vessels at Tulagi and the sinking of one carrier and the sinking or severe damaging of another in the Coral Sea" Department of Defense shows 3,008 awarded to Navy recipients and 1,081 to Marines Corps recipients, for acts of valor during World War II.įirst award, "Adams and his squadron inflicted severe damage on the enemy, with probable destruction of three hostile ships" By partial comparison, as of June 2022, the U.S. Army recipients and 1 civilian recipient. Air Force members recognized for actions prior to 1 July 1948 are listed as Army members", the list here attempts to give the specific detail for members of the Army Air Forces, which existed during World War II.Īs of July 2022, this list is incomplete, showing 1,485 Navy Crosses awarded in all service branches for actions of valor during World War II: 489 to U.S. Department of Defense website of Military Awards for Valor states that " Army Air Corps/ Army Air Forces/ U.S. The United States was drawn into World War II on December 8, 1941, a day after the Axis-member Japan launched a surprise attack on Pearl Harbor in Honolulu. This global conflict split the majority of the world's nations into two opposing military alliances: the Allies and the Axis powers. The first began in Asia in July 1937 as the Second Sino-Japanese War the other began in Europe in September 1939 with the German and Soviet invasion of Poland.
World War II was a global military conflict, the joining of what had initially been two separate conflicts. This is a list of Navy Cross recipients for actions of valor carried out during World War II, awarded by the United States Department of the Navy.
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