From the Military Times Hall of Valor.
This is a follow up to the March 12th blog entry.
Clarence Earle Dickinson Jr was born December 1, 1912 in Jacksonville, Florida and died October 4, 1984. His home of record was in Raleigh, North Carolina.
He graduated from the United States Naval Academy in 1934 and became the first person in history to receive three Navy Crosses, something he did at the same time as fellow pilot Lt. Noel A.M. Gayler.
FIRST NAVY CROSS
He returned to Pearl Harbor in a Scouting Plane from the carrier USS Enterprise. he and his gunner engaged Japanese planes. His gunner was killed and Dickinson was shot down in flames and parachuted near Ewa Airfield and proceeded to Ford Island where he was assigned to a post-attack 175 mile aerial search operation for the Japanese fleet.
And, That Was Just the First One. --GreGen
The USS North Carolina (BB-55) My all-time favorite warship. As an elementary school student in North Carolina, I donated nickels and dimes to save this ship back in the early sixties.
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