Commendations and Battle Ribbons
USS Laffey (DD 724)
Top Row
Presidential Unit Citation for action off Okinawa, April 16, 1945
Meritorious Unit Commendation (Jordanian Crisis, 1970)
Navy "E" Battle Efficiency Award
Second Row
American Campaign Service Medal
European-African-Middle Eastern Campaign Medal with Battle Star
(D-day Invasion and Cherbourg)
Asiatic Pacific Campaign Medal with 4 Battle Stars
(Ormoc Bay, Mindoro, Leyte Gulf, Luzon. Okinawa)
Third Row
World War II Victory Medal
National Defense Service Medal with Star
Korean Service Medal with 2 Stars
Fourth Row
Naval Reserve Sea Service Award
Philippine Republic Presidential Unit Citation
Korean Presidential Unit Citation
Fifth Row
Philippine Liberation Medal
Philippine Independence
United Nations Service Medal
Bottom Row
Korean War Service
Jubilee of Liberty (France)
Chinese War Memorial (China-Taiwan)