Korean-era USN pilot gets SS upgraded to Navy Cross

[Devildoc]

Dateline Korea: US Navy aviator tangles with Soviet (not North Korean) MiGs, shoots down a bunch, longest dogfight in history, swept under the rug. Pilot gets Silver Star, now upgraded to Navy Cross.

Fighter pilot to receive Navy Cross more than 70 years after classified dogfight with 7 Soviet jets

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Balls. He has them.

 

[Gunz]

Beautiful. Also 110 missions in A4s and F4s in Nam. He’s 97, God bless him.

 

[AWP]

Let the record show I’ve deleted many snarky comments comparing today’s awards system vs then.