Talk:C. Wade McClusky

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[edit] Decoration?

After reading about McClusky's vital role in the battle of Midway - and probably shortening World War II by many months (to be conservative) and saving a lot of lives that would have been lost in further battles over Midway - I was surprised to see nothing is written here about any sort of decoration, medal, or something giving to him.

So I searched on the internet, and in [1] I found this long list of decorations he got. (wiki links below are mine)

For outstanding service while attached to USS ENTERPRISE, participating in raids on Marshall, Wake, Gilbert and Marcus islands and the Battle of Midway, he was awarded the Air Medal, the Distinguised Flying Cross, a letter of Commendation with Ribbon, a Ribbon and facsimile of the Presidential Unit Citation to ENTERPRISE, the Purple Heart Medal and the Navy Cross.

I don't think we can completely neglect this issue in this article:

Nyh 14:42, 14 November 2007 (UTC)