I was killed in WWII during the bombing of Cebu City. And I’d just received the Navy Cross for risking my life to recover classified documents during the bombings of Cavite! (??? ?????)
I was the first naval officer to land on the first American aircraft carrier! I also commanded the naval air station at Dunkirk, but died at 33 from injuries suffered in a Virginia plane crash after the war. I hear they named a Medford theater after me. (??? ?????????)
After enlisting in the US military in 1941, I joined an airborne squadron during World War II. I died during the Battle of Midway in 1942 when I heroically attacked a Japanese carrier amidst heavy fire, giving me my posthumous Navy Cross. Unlike the other people like me, I was the youngest at the time of my death, and I was born in Smithtown, New York. (??? ?????? ? ??????)
After graduating from the US Naval Academy in 1938, I joined an airborne squadron during World War II. I died during the Battle of Midway in 1942 when I heroically attacked a Japanese fleet amidst heavy fire, giving me my posthumous Navy Cross. Unlike the other people like me, I was the oldest at the time of my death, and I was born in Pocatello, Idaho. (??? ????????)
After graduating from the US Naval Academy in 1926, I served around the world, including in China and the Caribbean. I led a force of dive bombers in an attack on the Japanese aircraft carrier Hiryū but my plane caught fire on final approach. I received a posthumous Navy Cross. (??? ?????????)
I served in the Pacific as a pharmacist’s mate. A case of mistaken identity led the Japanese to all-out attack my oiler as if it were an aircraft carrier. My captain ordered the crew to prepare to abandon ship, but in the confusion many of my mates believed the abandon-ship order had already been given and jumped off the ship prematurely. Ignoring my own safety I swam around treating burned and wounded soldiers, helping them to life rafts, while refusing a place on these rafts myself. I received a posthumous Navy Cross. (??? ????? ? ??????)
I joined an airborne squadron during World War II. I died during the Battle of Midway in 1942 when I heroically attacked a Japanese fleet amidst heavy fire, giving me my posthumous Navy Cross. Unlike the other people like me, my death was declared one day later, and I was born in Jackson, Mississippi. (??? ??????)
Back when I was a WWII naval commander, three torpedoes hit my ship. The crew began to evacuate the sinking vessel. But then I spied a kitchen mess boy without a functioning life jacket. I gave him my life jacket instead and, without any protection, I calmly met my end in the cold waters of the Atlantic Ocean. (??? ????? ? ????)
Before I became a rear admiral and won my Navy Cross, I was the first naval flag officer from California. I also learned Portuguese in just six weeks after President Harding sent me to Brazil to promote friendly relations between our two countries. (??? ???????????)
I was born in Longmeadow, Massachusetts and joined the navy in 1941. I was killed in the Battle of the Solomon Islands, and posthumously received a purple heart. My mother Eleanor was instrumental in having me honored after my death. (??? ??????)