Comments by Ari Phoutrides
This is the first notification that we would receive the PUC.
It is not that legible, so I have typed out the message.
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Comments by Ari Phoutrides
This is the first notification that we
would receive the PUC.
It is not that legible, so I have typed out the message.
28 SEPTEMBER 1945
THE PERFORMANCE OF USS LAFFEY ON 16 APRIL 1945 WAS ONE OF THE OUTSTANDING HEROIC INCIDENTS OF THE OKINAWA CAMPAIGN. THE MANNER IN WHICH THE USS LAFFEY UNHESITATINGLY OCCUPIED A STATION KNOWN TO BE EXTREMELY HAZARDOUS, TOOK HITS FROM SIX SUICIDE PLANES, AND TWO BOMBS, CONTINUED TO SHOOT DOWN ENEMY PLANES, AND MAINTAINED A SUFFICIENT DEGREE OF DAMAGE CONTROL TO RETURN THE SHIP TO PORT IS A TESTIMONIAL TO THE HIGH DEGREE OF TRAINING AND PROFICIENCY ACHIEVED BY ALL HANDS. THE PRESIDENTIAL UNIT CITATION IS CONSIDERED BY THIS COMMAND TO BE SUITABLE RECOGNITION FOR THIS HEROIC SHIP.
R. K. TURNER