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Distinguished Flying Cross Award To Laurence C Schiller
Laurence Cornelius Schiller, Aviation Radioman second class USNR, receives the Distinguished Flying Cross and two Gold Stars in lieu of third and fourth Air Medals for heroism aboard the USS Hornet during attacks on Japanese shipping in January 1945. He has been missing in action since January 16, 1945, and is noted for gallant service and conspicuous bravery during perilous missions in the Pacific.
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Houston
Texas
Laurence Cornelius Schiller
USNR
Edward Otto Schiller
East Eleventh Street
Cameron
Schiller
Secretary of the Navy
James Forrestal
United States
Hornet
Formosa
United States Naval Service
Air Group Eleven
Hong Kong
China
French
Indo-China