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---fiafafzdaaaaa mea NAVY CROSS Commander Eugene Trefethen Seaward USN 11 October 1942' Battle of p Cape Esperance Pettengill Ralph fnl WT1c USN 11 12 October 1942 Battle OH Savo Island Solomon Islands SILVER STAR MEDAL Commander Eugene Trefethen Seaward USN 30 June 1942 Operations incident to the capture of Rendova Island New Georgia Group Solomon Islands Lieutenant fJgD Paul Herman Heider USNR 11 12 October 1942 Battle off Savo Island Solomon Islands BRONZE STAR MEDAL Lieutenant Commander Kenneth Shook USN 14 18 February 1944 First surface bombardment of Rabaul New Britain Lieutenant Arthur Frederick Fischer Jr USN 17 18 February 1944 First surface bombardment of Rabaul New Britain Augustine John Joseph CMM KAAJ USNR 25 February 1944 First bombardment of Kavleng New Ireland Ash Robert Miller MoMM1c USN 25 February 1944 First bombardment of Kavieng New Ireland Fuller Thomas Henry Jr WT1c USN 25 February 1944 First bombardment of Kavleng New Ireland LETTER OF COMMENDATION Commander Eugene T. Seaward, USN 15 September, 1942, Picking up survivors of USS WASP 9 9 9 . 9 9 - . 9 9 9 9 . .. . 0 9 9 9 9 9 . . 9 9 9 . 9 ,., 0 . .. ' 9 9 9 . . . 9 99 . .. . . 9 9 9 . 9 9 9 . . . 9 9 9 . 9 9 9 . . O 9 9 9 9 9 99 9 . . . 9 9 9 Commander Eugene T. Seaward, USN 7 April, 1943, Air attacks in vicinity of Rua Sura, Solomon Islands Lieutenant George Henry Hairston, Jr., USNR 18 February, 1944, First bombardment of Rabaul, New Ireland Phillippi, Fred Eugene, CPl1lVI, USN 15 September, 1942 3 Caring for survivors of the USS WASP Dunbar, Irwin Elmer, lVIM1c, USN 11 October, 1942, Battle olf Savo Island, Solomon Islands McMenimen, Russell Charles, EM1c, USN 11 October, 19423 Battle off Savo Island, Solomon Islands A Mamelli, Joseph C., PhM2c, USN, 15 September, 1942, Caring for survivors of USS WASP Smith, Bert Elmer, WT2c, USN 11 October, 1942, Battle off Savo Island, Solomon Islands Twenty