Alexander Vraciu was a United States Navy fighter ace, Navy Cross recipient, and Medal of Honor nominee during World War II. At the end of the war, Vraciu ranked fourth among the U.S. Navy's flying ac
Vraciu after the Battle of the Philippine Sea, June 20, 1944
Vraciu at DePauw University
Captain E. W. Litch presenting Lieutenant Junior Grade Alexander Vraciu with the Distinguished Flying Cross on June 5, 1944
Lt. Alex Vraciu uses his hands to indicate his downing of six aircraft on June 19, 1944. All were Yokosuka D4Y "Judies".
The American Defense Service Medal was a military award of the United States Armed Forces, established by Executive Order 8808, by President Franklin D. Roosevelt, on June 28, 1941. The medal was inte
Medals awarded to Douglas Alan Clark; the American Defense Service Medal is second from right, with an "A" Device, indicating belligerent contact with Axis Powers in the Atlantic Ocean between June 22 and December 7, 1941.