Richard C. Higgins

U.S. Navy, Retired Units: Prior to WW-II – VP-43 During WW-II – VP-22, VP-61& Training Squadron VB-2,ATU-2 Post WW-II: VA4A aboard USS Kearsarge and USS Randolph, VP-2, VF-13, Instructor NATTC Airman School, USS Pine Island, Fleet Airborne Electronic Training Unit, VAAW-35 aboard USS Lexington

Branch of service

U.S. Navy, Retired Units: Prior to WW-II – VP-43 During WW-II – VP-22, VP-61& Training Squadron VB-2,ATU-2 Post WW-II: VA4A aboard USS Kearsarge and USS Randolph, VP-2, VF-13, Instructor NATTC Airman School, USS Pine Island, Fleet Airborne Electronic Training Unit, VAAW-35 aboard USS Lexington

Job / specialty

Aviation Radioman, Aviation Electronics Technician

Active duty

December 1939-July 1959

Reserve duty

July 1959-January 1970 Armed Conflicts WW-II – Pearl Harbor, Netherlands East Indies (now Indonesia), Aleutian Islands Theater of Operation: Asiatic-Pacific

Decorations & awards

Air Medal w/gold star, Presidential Unit Citation with bronze star, Good Conduct Medal w/5 stars, American Defense Medal w/star, American Campaign Medal, Asiatic- Pacific Campaign Medal w/3 stars, WW-II Victory Medal, China Service Medal, National Defense Service Medal, Philippine Defense Ribbon, Philippine Presidential Unit Citation, Remember Pearl Harbor Medal

Speaking topics

Prelude to WW II, Attack at Pearl Harbor, Action in the Netherlands East Indies and Southern Philippine Waters and Aleutian Islands Campaign(The Thousand Mile War}

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